New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths 2012
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1996 - December, 2012
Series or system
Data type
Vital registration
Summary
Fetal and Infant Deaths is an annual statistical publication series prepared by the New Zealand Ministry of Health that presents the number of live births, fetal deaths, and infant deaths in the country. Tabulations on causes of death by gender are also included. Births and deaths data come from the National Registry, the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registry, death certificates, death registration forms, and pathologists postmortem reports.
Keywords
Birth asphyxia, Birth certificates, Birth weight, Blood disorders, Cancers, Cardiomyopathies, Chronic respiratory diseases, Congenital anomalies, Death certificates, Digestive diseases, Down's syndrome, Epilepsy, Falls, Gestational age, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Intestinal infectious diseases, Leukemia, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Meningitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Neural tube defects, Neurological conditions, Preterm birth complications, Respiratory infections, Sepsis, Stillbirths, Sudden infant death syndrome, Suffocation, Unintentional injuries
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Publication year
2015
Suggested citation
Ministry of Health (New Zealand). New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths 2012. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health (New Zealand), 2015.