Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Explanatory notes
  • Highlights
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1. 1 Data sources
    • 1. 2 Perinatal minimum data set and definitions
    • 1. 3 Criteria
    • 1. 4 Data quality
    • 1. 5 Scope of report
  • 2 Results
    • 2. 1 Introductory notes
    • 2. 2 Confinements and births
    • 2. 3 Place of birth
    • 2. 4 Size of maternity unit
    • 2. 5 Maternal age
    • 2. 6 Maternal parity
    • 2. 7 Marital status
    • 2. 8 Aboriginality
    • 2. 9 Maternal country of birth
    • 2.10 Accommodation status in hospital
    • 2.11 Duration of pregnancy
    • 2.12 Multiple pregnancy
    • 2.13 Onset of labour
    • 2.14 Presentation in labour
    • 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 birthweight
    • 2.23 Apgar scores
    • 2.24 Resuscitation at birth
    • 2.25 Infant's length of stay in hospital
    • 2.26 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 Perinatal deaths by gestational age
    • 3. 8 Perinatal deaths by birthweight
    • 3. 9 Birthweight-specific fetal, neonatal and perinatal deaths in Australia
    • 3.10 Fetal deaths in State and Territory perinatal data
  • 4 References
  • Tables
  • Appendix
  • Perinatal minimum data set
  • Definitions