Baby separation

Baby separation (Figure 29) includes information on the data elements: admission to special care nursery/neonatal intensive unit and length of stay, baby’s date of discharge or death, baby’s length of stay in hospital and baby’s mode of separation.

Figure 29: Proportion of data supplied for selected baby separation data element, 1991 to 2023

Bar chart shows total percentage of baby separation data supplied by states and territories between 1991 and 2021.

Bar chart shows total percentage of baby separation data supplied by states and territories between 1991 and 2021.