Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993-2012

"While Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth, almost 1 in 100 pregnancies will end in a perinatal death." This report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare analyses the statistics for stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia for the calendar years 2011 and 2012, when over 6000 babies died during the perinatal period.  It also looks at trends between 1993-2012, when there was a decrease in neonatal death and an increase in the stillbirth rate. 

Monk A, Harris K, Donnolley N, Hilder L, Humphrey M, Gordon A & Chambers GM 2016. Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993-2012  Perinatal deaths series no. 1. Cat. no. PER 86. Canberra: AIHW