Birth and Perinatal Death Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently released these two new reports:
3301.0 - Births, Australia, 2008: This publication contains statistics on perinatal deaths for Australia, 1999 to 2007. Australia has again set a new record for the number of births in a year, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). A total of 296,600 births were registered in 2008, surpassing the previous record years of 2007 (285,200 births) and 1971 (276,400).

3304.0 Perinatal Deaths Australia 2007: These datacubes present statistics on the number of perinatal deaths, for year of registration by state or territory of Australia, sex and cause of death classified to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Perinatal deaths comprise stillbirths (fetal deaths) and deaths of infants within the first 28 days of life (neonatal deaths).