Effects of perinatal conditions and local area socioeconomic status on early childhood mortality in NSW: linked data analysis
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Effects of perinatal conditions and local area socioeconomic status on early childhood mortality in NSW: linked data analysis, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Effects of perinatal conditions and local area socioeconomic status on early childhood mortality in NSW: linked data analysis. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Effects of perinatal conditions and local area socioeconomic status on early childhood mortality in NSW: linked data analysis. AIHW, 2022.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Effects of perinatal conditions and local area socioeconomic status on early childhood mortality in NSW: linked data analysis. Canberra: AIHW; 2022.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2022, Effects of perinatal conditions and local area socioeconomic status on early childhood mortality in NSW: linked data analysis, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report analyses the relationship between early childhood mortality and maternal and baby characteristics at the time of birth (perinatal conditions) using a linked data set covering all babies born in NSW between 2005 and 2018. Linkage to NSW and national death registration records identify the children who died by the end of 2019, and their age at death. Connecting the death records to the full birth cohorts allows the risk factors for child mortality to be better identified through multivariate regression analyses that can directly compare the characteristics of babies who have died with the characteristics of babies who have survived to specific ages.
This report was prepared for the NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT) and builds on previous analyses by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare of the CDRT Register of Child Deaths.
- ISBN: ISBN 978-1-922802-45-3
- Cat. no: IHW 268
- Pages: 134
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Preterm birth and birthweight small for gestational age were the most consistent risk factors for infant mortality
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The gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infant mortality narrowed considerably over the 15-year study period
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Risk factors for death in ages 1 – 4 include birthweight small for gestational age and maternal smoking during pregnancy
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Preterm birth does not increase risk of dying in ages 1 to 4, including for babies born under 32 weeks gestational age