Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Perinatal deaths in Australia 2013–2014, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 08 September 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Perinatal deaths in Australia 2013–2014. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Perinatal deaths in Australia 2013–2014. AIHW, 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Perinatal deaths in Australia 2013–2014. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Perinatal deaths in Australia 2013–2014, AIHW, Canberra.
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The perinatal mortality rate in Australia in 2013–2014 was low (9.7 deaths per 1,000 births). Perinatal mortality rates increased with low birthweight for gestational age, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ethnicity and a number of other demographic factors. Perinatal death was most commonly caused by congenital anomaly and spontaneous preterm birth.
In 2013–2014, the perinatal mortality rate in Australia was 9.7 per 1,000 births
The majority of perinatal deaths occur in babies born below 2,500 grams birthweight and/or 34 weeks’ gestation
Both stillbirth and neonatal death are more common at the extremes of maternal age—women aged under 20 and those over 35
Common causes of perinatal deaths are congenital anomalies, spontaneous preterm birth and unexplained antepartum death
Stillbirth is the death, before the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, of a product of conception of 20 or more completed weeks of gestation or of 400 grams of more birthweight.
Neonatal death is the death of a liveborn baby within 28 days of birth.
Perinatal death is a stillbirth or neonatal death of a baby at least 20 weeks’ gestation or at least 400 grams birthweight.
