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The
Unit undertakes a Statewide monitoring of pregnancy characteristics
and outcomes, obstetric problems and characteristics of perinatal
care, to identify those population groups most at risk so that
preventive interventions can be directed accordingly. This is
undertaken through its data collections:
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Perinatal data collection of births
in the State, based on midwife notification, since 1981. South
Australian data provided to the National Perinatal Statistics Unit (NPSU)
in Sydney contribute to the annual report ‘Australia’s Mothers and
Babies’ and other national reports such as those on births to
indigenous mothers.
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Maternal, perinatal and infant deaths, for review by the Maternal,
Perinatal and Infant Mortality Committee
for quality assurance and monitoring patterns of cause of death,
since 1986. An earlier Committee collected maternal death data from
1961 and perinatal death data from 1979.
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Birth
defects among South Australian births, since 1981, complemented by data
collected for children up to five years of age by the South
Australian Birth Defects Register at the Women’s and Children’s
Hospital, from 1986. South Australian data on birth defects are also
provided to the NPSU for national and international surveillance
purposes.
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Terminations
of pregnancy, using notifications from medical practitioners (from 1970). These
statistics are collated for the Committee appointed to examine and
report on abortions notified in South Australia for its annual
report to the Minister for Health.
Annual reports from these data collections
(Adobe PDF)
For
copies of these reports, please see the
Report section on the SA Health website.
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Annual
Report of the Committee appointed to examine and report on abortions
notified in South Australia;
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Pregnancy and Neonatal Care Bulletin (individual reports to
hospitals, which allow them to compare their characteristics,
practices and outcomes with those of the State, other hospital
groups as well as other hospitals of their category).
Epidemiology Branch
Topic links
South Australian Protocol for Investigation of Stillbirths
South Australian Pregnancy
Record
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Pregnancy Outcome Statistics Unit
Department of
Health
Telephone: (08) 8226-6382
Facsimile: (08) 8226-6291
(International fax: 61-8 -8226-6291)
Email address:
Pregnancy.Stats@health.sa.gov.au
Postal address: PO Box 6 Rundle Mall, Adelaide, South
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