NEW ZEALAND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
Report on Maternity: Maternal and Newborn Information 2004
This is the fifth in the series of annual data analysing New Zealand maternity services. It contains information on the outcomes, availability and utilisation of maternity services for women who gave birth in New Zealand in 2004.
The report contains data from the Maternity and Newborn Information System (MNIS), the primary purpose of which is to provide information on maternity services. The MNIS currently contains extracts of hospital data from the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) and data from payment claims submitted to HealthPAC.
In New Zealand in 2004, 54,875 mothers gave birth and 55,213 babies were born in hospital.
No | % | |
Mother | 54,875 |  |
Liveborn babies: | 55,213 | |
| Perinatal deaths | ||
Stillbirths: | 441 | 0.8 |
In-hospital neonatal deaths: | 144 | 0.3 |
| Type of birth | ||
Normal births: | 33,466 | 66.5 |
Caesarean sections: | 12,994 | 23.7 |
Operative births: | 5268 | 9.6 |
While the MNIS can provide answers to a wide range of queries, the quality of data submitted to NZHIS can affect the robustness of the analyses. Addressing data quality issues will increase confidence in any analysis based on data held in the MNIS. The 2004 report on maternity should therefore be considered another step in production of reliable information for mothers, medical practitioners, healthcare providers, policy makers and funders of maternity services in New Zealand.
The statistical tables included in this publication can be downloaded as an (Excel, 1 MB).
The full publication can be downloaded as a (PDF, 1 MB).
Alternatively, to order the printed publication, contact the Publications Officer, NZHIS, PO Box 5013, Wellington, phone (04) 496 2000, fax (04) 496 2340, e-mail nzhis-pub@nzhis.govt.nz.
Published 2007
118 pages, A4
A limited number of hardcopy publications are available free of charge
ISBN 978-0-478-30790-0 (book)
ISBN 978-0-478-30793-1 (web)
The 2003 (PDF, 431 KB) and 2003 Errata (PDF, 83 KB), 2002 (PDF, 748 KB), 2000/01(PDF, 1 MB) and 1999 (PDF, 578 KB) issues of this publication are also available.
The Maternity 2003: a snapshot page can be viewed by clicking the link.
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