Australia's mothers and babies 2001

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.