Provides information on infants with congenital anomalies in Australia.

Collection details
Variables to support reporting and linkage
  • Age (Date of birth)
  • Sex/gender

Temporal coverage

from 1/01/2016

Geographical coverage

National

Data availability

  • Publications 
  • Summary tables published in electronic form
  • Statistics

Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply).

Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply).

Data Scope

The NCADC is a national data collection on babies with a congenital anomaly. It is based on cases of congenital anomalies reported to state and territory data collections including congenital anomaly registers, perinatal data collections and admitted patient data collections.

The scope of the NCADC includes births (both live births and stillbirths) with a diagnosed congenital anomaly and terminations of pregnancy due to a congenital anomaly (if this is available). This includes conditions in the relevant edition of the ICD10-AM, including Chapter 17 (Q00- Q99), P35 (congenital viral diseases) and P371 (congenital toxoplasmosis).

Methodology

Official

Metadata information

National Congenital Anomaly Data Collection 2021 DQS
(METEOR 754114)

National Congenital Anomaly Data Collection 2023 DQS

(METEOR 778058)

External links and information

Congenital anomalies in Australia available at:

Congenital anomalies in Australia

Congenital anomalies in Australia 2002-2003

Congenital anomalies in Australia 1998 – 2001

Neural tube defects in Australia: prevalence before mandatory folic acid fortification 19 Dec 2011

Neural tube defects in Australia 05 Nov 2008

Contact

[email protected]