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==Stillbirth and Perinatal Death== | |||
[[File:World neonatal death.jpg|500px]] | |||
The distorted world map above shows the relative distribution of early neonatal death by country. Note the over-representation of Africa and Asia compared with Europe, USA and Australia. | |||
<ref><pubmed>17411312</pubmed>| [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040001 PLoS]</ref> | |||
[[File:NSW_perinatal_mortality_rate.png|thumb|NSW perinatal mortality rate]] | |||
===New South Wales (2002)=== | |||
Perinatal deaths (period up to 7 days after birth) | |||
* 613 perinatal deaths were reported | |||
* Unexplained antepartum deaths: 26.3% of perinatal deaths (or 39.2% of stillbirths) | |||
* Spontaneous preterm labour: 20.6% (less than 37 weeks gestation) | |||
* Congenital abnormality: 16.8% | |||
* Antepartum haemorrhage: 8.5% | |||
* Specific perinatal conditions: 7.3%, of which twin-twin transfusion accounted for 2.3% of deaths | |||
* Hypertension (high blood pressure): 5.5% | |||
* Perinatal infection: 4.4% | |||
* Maternal disease: 4.4% | |||
* Hypoxic peripartum death: 3.8% | |||
Neonatal deaths (four weeks/month after birth) | |||
* extreme prematurity was most common cause (39.6%) | |||
* congenital abnormality (19.3%) | |||
* neurological disease (13.4%) | |||
* cardio-respiratory conditions (11.9%) | |||
* infection (8.4%) | |||
Data from Report of the New South Wales Chief Health Officer, 2004 (accessed 19Oct05) | |||
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Revision as of 11:44, 17 October 2011
Stillbirth and Perinatal Death
The distorted world map above shows the relative distribution of early neonatal death by country. Note the over-representation of Africa and Asia compared with Europe, USA and Australia. [1]
New South Wales (2002)
Perinatal deaths (period up to 7 days after birth)
- 613 perinatal deaths were reported
- Unexplained antepartum deaths: 26.3% of perinatal deaths (or 39.2% of stillbirths)
- Spontaneous preterm labour: 20.6% (less than 37 weeks gestation)
- Congenital abnormality: 16.8%
- Antepartum haemorrhage: 8.5%
- Specific perinatal conditions: 7.3%, of which twin-twin transfusion accounted for 2.3% of deaths
- Hypertension (high blood pressure): 5.5%
- Perinatal infection: 4.4%
- Maternal disease: 4.4%
- Hypoxic peripartum death: 3.8%
Neonatal deaths (four weeks/month after birth)
- extreme prematurity was most common cause (39.6%)
- congenital abnormality (19.3%)
- neurological disease (13.4%)
- cardio-respiratory conditions (11.9%)
- infection (8.4%)
Data from Report of the New South Wales Chief Health Officer, 2004 (accessed 19Oct05)
