NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Ministry of Health (New Zealand)Tabulations only Geography New Zealand (NZL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/1996 - 12/2012 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, 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 Ministry of Health (New Zealand) Publisher Ministry of Health (New Zealand) 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. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 31, 2021