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released: 6 Feb 1998 media release media release

Australia's Mothers and Babies 1995 presents data collected from the 260,044 births notified to State and Territory perinatal data collections in that year.

ISSN 1321-8336; Cat. no. PER 6; 121pp.; Out of print

Available at http://www.preru.unsw.edu.au/...

Publication table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures.
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Explanatory notes
  • Highlights
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1 Data sources.
    • 2 Perinatal minimum data set and definitions
    • 3 Criteria
    • 4 Data quality
    • 5 Scope of report
  • 2 Results
    • 2 . 1 Introductory notes
    • 2 . 2 Confinements and births
    • 2.3 Place of birth
    • 4 Size of maternity unit
    • 5 Maternal age
    • 6 Maternal parity
    • 2 . 7 Marital status
    • 2 . 8 Aboriginality
    • 2 . 9 Maternal country of birth
    • 2.10Status in hospital
    • 2.1 1 Duration of pregnancy
    • 2.12 Multiple pregnancy
    • 2.13 Onset of labour
    • 2.14 Presentation at birth
    • 2.15 Type of delivery
    • 2.16 Perineal repair after delivery
    • 2.17 Mother's length of stay in hospital
    • 2.18 Mother's mode of separation from hospital
    • 2.19 Infant's birth status
    • 2.20 Infant's month of birth
    • 2.21 Infant's sex
    • 2.22 Infant's gestational age
    • 2.23 Infant's birthweight
    • 2.24 Apgar scores
    • 2.25 Resuscitation at birth
    • 2.26 Infant's length of stay in hospital
    • 2.27 Infant's mode of separation from hospital
  • 3 Perinatal mortality
    • 3 . 1 Definitions.
    • 3 . 2 Trends in fetal, neonatal and perinatal deaths
    • 3 . 3 Perinatal deaths by State and Territory of residence
    • 3 . 4 Perinatal deaths by maternal age
    • 3 . 5 Perinatal deaths by plurality
    • 3 . 6 Perinatal deaths by infant's sex
    • 3 . 7 Proportionate perinatal death rates by gestational age
    • 3 . 8 Proportionate perinatal death rates by birthweight
    • 3 . 9 Birthweight-specific fetal, neonatal and perinatal deaths in Australia
    • 3.10 Fetal deaths in State and Territory perinatal data collections
  • 4 References
  • Tables
  • Appendix
    • Definitions

Recommended citation

Day P, Lancaster P & Huang J 1998. Australia's mothers and babies 1995. Perinatal Statistics Series no. 6. Cat. no. PER 6. Canberra: AIHW.