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Australia's Mothers and Babies 2008

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General Info
Provider 
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Tabulations only
Geography 
Australia (AUS)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1999 - 12/2008
Series or system 
Australia National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC)
Data type
Report:
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

Australia's Mothers and Babies 2008 is report number 24 in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) Perinatal Statistics Series. The report provides information on live births and pregnancies in Australia at the national level. Topics include: method and place of delivery, pregnancy complications, maternal and newborn health, and risk factors such as smoking during pregnancy. Data in the Australia’s Babies and Mothers reports come mainly from the AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC).

Keywords 
Abortion, Antenatal care, Birth asphyxia, Birth place, Birth weight, Caesarean section, Congenital anomalies, Diabetes, Drug consumption, Emergency care, Fertility, Gestational age, Health care use, Health facilities, Health status, Hospitals, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Incidence, Infant care, Infant mortality, Infants, Length of stay, Live births, Maternal age, Maternal conditions, Maternal mortality, Medicines, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Race, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Stillbirths, Tobacco smoking, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2021