Dear Claire and Cas Maternal mortality reports used to be prepared by the National Health & Medical Research Council rather than the Australian Bureau of Statistics - the latest maternal deaths report currently available is for the 1994-1996 triennium. The Australian institute of Health & Welfare has now taken over responsibility for preparing these reports and they are putting together a report due for publication in 2004 that will cover 2 trienniums i.e. 1997-99 and 2000-2002. The contact person at the National Perinatal Statistics Unit is apparently Dr Liz Sullivan.
The key thing that will be pivotal about this report when it is released is whether the break in trend of declining mortality over 15 years prior to 1994 is confirmed as a trend - in other words the 1994-96 report showed a marked jump in direct maternal deaths unlike the previous 15 years over which maternal deaths had declined. So was this an aberration or a new trend of increasing deaths? Claire, I would be very interested in having these same statistics. Could you pls email me off list a copy of the Dutch documents you mention? Thanks, Barb. Dr Barbara Vernon Executive Officer Australian College of Midwives Inc Level 1, 97 Northbourne Ave TURNER ACT 2612 Ph: 02 6230 7333 Fax: 02 6230 6033 www.acmi.org.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne and Cas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] statistics > Hi Claire, > > The ABS has a website but you will need to dig a lot deeper to find > the stats you are after. You can email them and request which > publications you would need for the stats you are after and then your > best bet is to look up the publication such stats would be reported in > at a uni library which houses ABS publications in the reference > section. Then you can pick out the relevant publications and photocopy > what you need. You won't be able to get stats like that online in this > country. > > Interesting to note that when I put in a request to the Netherlands > about their stats they emailed me the documents! > > Good luck! > > Cheers, > > Cas. > > Cas, Wayne, Liam and Daniel McCullough > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.casmccullough.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob and > Claire Leslie-Carter > Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2003 12:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ozmidwifery] statistics > > > Dear All, > > Can anyone direct me to a good website for Australian stats? I am > interested in the changes in caesar rates, and the changes in infant > and > > maternal mortality over as long a period as possible. > > Thank you, > > Claire Saxby > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the move? Get Hotmail on your mobile phone > http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
