NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Ministry of Health (New Zealand)Tabulations only Geography New Zealand (NZL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/1996 - 12/2005 Series or system New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths Series 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, Cancers, Congenital anomalies, Down's syndrome, Gestational age, Infant mortality, Live births, Meningitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Preterm birth complications, Respiratory infections, Stillbirths, Sudden infant death syndrome, Turner syndrome, Unintentional injuries Citation Contributors Ministry of Health (New Zealand) Publisher Ministry of Health (New Zealand) Publication year 2009 Suggested citation Ministry of Health (New Zealand). New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths 2005. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health (New Zealand), 2009. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 31, 2021