Introduction
In this section
Introduction
- Crude birth rate and total fertility rate
- Birth and fertility rates by Health Area
- Fertility
- Prematurity and low birthweight - trend
- Prematurity and low birthweight by cluster
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Low birth weight by Health Area
- Perinatal deaths of babies - trend
- Teenage pregnancy - trend
- Teenage pregnancy by cluster
- Maternal country of birth
- Maternal smoking by Cluster
- Maternal smoking trend
- Maternal smoking by LGA (map)
- Low birthweight by LGA (map)
- Premature births by LGA (map)
- Smoking in pregnancy by Local Government Area - NSW
- Antenatal care by Health Area
- Antenatal care by Local Government Area - NSW
- Prematurity and low birthweight - trend
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Low birth weight by Health Area and Indigenous status
- Neonatal, postneonatal and infant death rates
- Antenatal care by Health Area and Indigenous status
- Perinatal Perinatal deaths of babies - trend
- Teenage pregnancy - trend
- Aboriginal births by cluster
- Maternal smoking trend
- Maternal smoking by cluster
Introduction
The health of Hunter New England mothers and babies is generally good by world standards. Maternal deaths are rare, and perinatal mortality rates continue to decline. This section presents information on the main indicators of maternal and perinatal health, including trends in birth rates, teenage pregnancy, low birthweight, prematurity, and perinatal mortality.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies, and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged areas, continue to experience worse outcomes than other Hunter New England mothers and babies. More information on these health differentials is in the sections on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and on socioeconomic status.
As well as data on births and deaths obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, this section uses data from the NSW Midwives Data Collection and the NSW Child Health Survey 2001. More information on these data collections and the analytic methods used is in the Methods section
- For more information:
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. Births, Australia 2004. Catalogue no. 3301.0. Canberra: ABS, 2005. Available at http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3301.02004?OpenDocument.
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Centre for Epidemiology and Research. NSW Department of Health. New South Wales Mothers and Babies 2006. N S W Public Health Bull 2008; 18(S-1). Available at www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2008/pdf/mdc06.pdf
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health 2008. Cat. no. AUS 99. Canberra: AIHW, 2008. Available at: www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10585
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. Deaths, Australia 2004. ABS Catalogue no. 3302.0. Canberra: ABS, 2005. Available at www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3302.02004?OpenDocument.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of Death, Australia 2004. ABS Catalogue no. 3303.0. Canberra: ABS, 2006. Available at www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3303.02004?OpenDocument.
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- The information presented in this resource result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused data sets. These data sets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this resource. As this resource is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all data sets to Hunter New England Population Health.
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- Assistance from NSW Department of Health: This resource is modified from work undertaken for the production of the electronic and hard copy versions of the report Health of the people of NSW Report of the Chief Health Officer, (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/) by the Centre for Epidemiology and Research of the NSW Department of Health. This work includes research and definition of indicators, programming framework, statistical programs, text and programming infrastructure for web publishing. Hunter New England Population Health has produced a local version of the report reflecting local concerns, where appropriate, and ensuring that only minimal changes were made in other parts of the text and presentation in the interest of consistency at a state level.
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health and modified from the electronic report Health of the people of NSW Report of the Chief Health Officer, (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/
- Last updated:
- 28 May 2010
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