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NSW Perinatal Mortality Rate

In New South Wales (2002) 613 perinatal deaths were reported.

• Unexplained antepartum deaths: 26.3% of perinatal deaths (or 39.2% of stillbirths)

• Spontaneous preterm labour: 20.6% (less than 37 weeks gestation)

• Congenital abnormality: 16.8%

• Antepartum haemorrhage: 8.5%

• Specific perinatal conditions: 7.3%, of which twin-twin transfusion accounted for 2.3% of deaths

• Hypertension (high blood pressure): 5.5%

• Perinatal infection: 4.4%

• Maternal disease: 4.4%

• Hypoxic peripartum death: 3.8%

Neonatal deaths (four weeks/month after birth)

• extreme prematurity was most common cause (39.6%)

• congenital abnormality (19.3%)

• neurological disease (13.4%)

• cardio-respiratory conditions (11.9%)

• infection (8.4%)

Reference

Data: Report of the New South Wales Chief Health Officer, 2004 accessed 19Oct05

Graph Data: Report of the New South Wales Chief Health Officer, 2004 http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/

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