New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths 2008-2009
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1996 - December, 2009
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, Brain and nervous system cancers, Cancers, Cardiomyopathies, Cleft lip and cleft palate, Congenital anomalies, Death certificates, Down's syndrome, Epilepsy, Falls, Gestational age, Infant mortality, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Intestinal infectious diseases, Leukemia, Live births, Liver cancer, Lower respiratory infections, Meningitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Metabolic disorders, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Neural tube defects, Preterm birth complications, Respiratory infections, Sepsis, Stillbirths, Sudden infant death syndrome, Suffocation, Turner syndrome, Unintentional injuries
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Publication year
2012
Suggested citation
Ministry of Health (New Zealand). New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths 2008-2009. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health (New Zealand), 2012.