5-3
5-3. Perinatal deaths
5-3-2. Aboriginal perinatal deaths
5-3-1. Perinatal deaths
- Perinatal deaths are all fetal deaths (at least 20 weeks' gestation or at least 400 grams birth weight) plus all neonatal deaths.
- In 2018, there were 5.5 perinatal deaths in South Australia per 1,000 all births, a rate that has declined over the last decade, down from 6.5 in 2008.1
- South Australia has the lowest rate of perinatal deaths in Australia compared to the other states and territories, and below the national average rate of 7.6 perinatal deaths per 1,000 all births.2
- All births comprise live births and stillbirths.
Region | per 1000 all births |
Metropolitan Adelaide | n.a. |
Country SA | n.a. |
South Australia | 5.5 |
Australia | 7.6 |
Data source: ABS 2019a and ABS 2019b
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State/Territory | per 1000 all births |
South Australia | 5.5 |
New South Wales | 6.9 |
Queensland | 7.8 |
Western Australia | 7.9 |
Victoria | 8.2 |
Australian Capital Territory | 9.4 |
Tasmania | 10.2 |
Northern Territory | 16.8 |
Australia | 7.6 |
Data source: ABS 2019a and ABS 2019b
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5-3-2. Aboriginal perinatal deaths
- Perinatal deaths are all fetal deaths (at least 20 weeks' gestation or at least 400 grams birth weight) plus all neonatal deaths.
- In the five-year period 2014-2018, there were 3.6 Aboriginal perinatal deaths in South Australia per 1,000 relevant births, down from 5.0 recorded in the 2007-2011 period.3
- South Australia has the lowest rate of Aboriginal perinatal deaths in Australia compared to the selected states and territories that reported data, and below the combined total rate of 9.3 Aboriginal perinatal deaths per 1,000 relevant births.3
- Total relevant births comprise live births and fetal deaths (where gestation is at least 20 weeks' or birthweight of at least 400 grams).
Region | per 1000 relevant births |
Metropolitan Adelaide | n.a. |
Country SA | n.a. |
South Australia | 3.6 |
Total | 9.3* |
Data source: ABS 2019c
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State/Territory | per 1000 relevant births |
South Australia | 3.6 |
New South Wales | 5.7 |
Western Australia | 10.6 |
Queensland | 10.9 |
Northern Territory | 19.1 |
Aust. Capital Territory | n.p. |
Tasmania | n.p. |
Victoria | n.p. |
Total | 9.3* |
* Total includes data reported by jurisdiction of usual residence for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory only.
Data source: ABS 2019c
Sources
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2019a), 'Table 14.4 Perinatal deaths by state or territory of usual residence of mother, 2009-2018', Causes of death, Australia, 2018, cat. no. 3303.0, viewed 26 September 2019.
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2019b), 'Table 14.1 Fetal, neonatal and perinatal deaths, Australia, 2009-2018', Causes of death, Australia, 2018, cat. no. 3303.0, viewed 26 September 2019.
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2019c), 'Table 14.20 Perinatal deaths, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Selected states and territories, 2014-2018', Causes of death, Australia, 2018, cat. no. 3303.0, viewed 26 September 2019.
