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released: 23 Sep 2004 author: Laws P & Sullivan EA media release

This is the eleventh report in the annual series prepared by the AIHW's National Perinatal Statistics Unit (NPSU). It provides national information on the pregnancy and childbirth of mothers and their babies.This report updates the information presented last year, maintaining comparability with previous reports while incorporating improvements. Most notably, this edition sees the introduction of an interim format, presentation of data from a wider range of sources and information on selected summary measures of perinatal health. Three special features are also included in this year's report - a chapter on confinements and births of twins, one on births from Assisted Reproductive Technology for Australia for 2001 which has not been reported previously, and the third a chapter summarising key data on babies admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUS) in Australia.

ISSN 1321-8336; ISBN 978 1 74024 403 9; Cat. no. PER 25; 96pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Highlights
      • Mothers
      • Babies
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • Purpose of this report
      • Structure of this report
      • The Perinatal National Minimum Data Set
      • The National Perinatal Data Development Committee
      • Data sources
      • Criteria for inclusion in perinatal data collection
      • Data quality
      • Data presentation
    2. Summary measures of perinatal
    3. Mothers
      • National Perinatal Data Collection
      • Confinements and births
      • Place of birth
      • Maternal age
      • Maternal parity
      • Smoking during pregnancy
      • Indigenous status
      • Maternal country of birth
      • Hospital sector
      • Duration of pregnancy
      • Multiple pregnancy
      • Onset of labour
      • Presentation at birth
      • Method of birth
      • Perineal status after vaginal delivery
      • Mother's length of stay in hospital
      • Mother's mode of separation from hospital
      • Other data sources
      • Terminations
      • Drug and alcohol use during pregnancy
      • Maternal mortality
    4. Babies
      • Baby's birth status
      • Baby's sex
      • Gestational age
      • Birthweight
      • Apgar scores
      • Baby's length of stay in hospital of birth
      • Baby's mode of separation from hospital
    5. Special topic: Confinements and
    6. Special topic: Assisted
    7. Babies in level III neonatal
    8. Perinatal mortality
      • Definitions
      • Issues
      • ABS data
      • National Perinatal Data Collection data
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: Current Perinatal
      • Data elements
      • Supporting data elements and data element
    • Appendix B: State and territory
    • Appendix C: Data collection
      • State and territory perinatal data
      • Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network data
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

Laws P & Sullivan EA 2004. Australia's mothers and babies 2001. Perinatal statistics series no. 13. Cat. no. PER 25. Canberra: AIHW.