Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Perinatal statistics in Western Australia, annual report of the Western Australian Midwives Notification System, Health Dept. of Western Australia

Label
Perinatal statistics in Western Australia, annual report of the Western Australian Midwives Notification System, Health Dept. of Western Australia
Language
eng
resource.entryConvention
successive entry
resource.frequency
annual
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
resource.keyTitle
Perinatal statistics in Western Australia
Main title
Perinatal statistics in Western Australia
resource.natureOfEntireWork
statistics
resource.regularity
regular
Responsibility statement
Health Dept. of Western Australia
Series statement
Statistical series / Health Department of Western Australia,, 0816-2999
Sub title
annual report of the Western Australian Midwives Notification System
Summary
Statistical information compiled by Midwives' Notification System on all births in Western Australia; overview of data on births in terms of maternal demography, procedures and infant outcomes and trends over past fifteen years; statistics include a number relating specifically to Aboriginality of women confined and to Aboriginality status of mothers; summary includes outcomes relating to Aboriginality including higher birth rates than non Indigenous women, Indigenous status and low birthweight effects on birth outcome and mortality rates more than double those of babies of Non Indigenous mothers