Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002

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Release Date: 18 Oct 2006

Topic: Mothers & babies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2006). Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002. AIHW, 2006.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002. Canberra: AIHW; 2006.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2006, Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002, AIHW, Canberra.

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'Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-02' is the thirteenth report on women who die during pregnancy and childbirth. Maternal deaths are rare, catastrophic events and require monitoring and investigation. The report is an observational study of maternal deaths based on information provided by the states and territories. It includes information about the women, pregnancy, clinical care and the deaths. Maternal deaths that occurred up to year after the end of the pregnancy are included. Illustrative case summaries highlight key clinical and public health issues that may be causally related to maternal deaths. The report is produced by the AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit based at the University of New South Wales and will be particularly useful to maternity service planners and providers, consumers of maternity services, academics, students and those conducting research in maternity care.

ISSN: 1449-8863
ISBN: 978 1 74024 550 0
Cat. no: PER 32
Pages: 132

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Erratum-Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002

Section B: Epidemiology of maternal deaths

Maternal deaths by state and territory

The information provided on Page 13 about why data for Western Australia were not published in Tables 10, 11 and 12 is incorrect. It states that Western Australia only provided permission for data to be published over two triennia, 1997-2002 (i.e. in Table 12). Therefore, the data for Western Australia were suppressed in Tables 10 and 11. The data were also suppressed in Table 12 to maintain confidentiality of the Australian Capital Territory data, since the Australian Capital Territory did not provide permission to publish data in Tables 10, 11 and 12.

However, Western Australia did provide permission to publish data in Tables 10, 11 and 12. Therefore, the statement on page 13 should read: 'The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) did not give permission to publish data in Tables 10, 11 and 12 because of the small number of deaths and concerns about reporting based on place of death rather than place of usual residence. Western Australia (WA) gave permission to publish data in these tables. However, to maintain the confidentiality of the ACT data, the data for WA have been suppressed'.

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