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MAIN CONDITION IN FETUS/INFANT

Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth (P05-P08) accounted for 28.9% (753) of all 2010 perinatal deaths, a slight decrease from 31.3% (837) in 2009.

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) accounted for 19.6% (510) in 2010, compared to 16.7% (447) in 2009.

Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period (P20-P29) accounted for 6.9% of perinatal deaths in 2010 (181), up slightly from 6.6% in 2009 (177).

In 2010, over a third (921) of all perinatal deaths were assigned a non-specific cause of death in the fetus/infant (Fetal death of unspecified cause (P95), and Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P96)). Most of these were fetal deaths, representing 887 of the 921 perinatal deaths assigned a non-specific cause of death. While 50.2% of all fetal deaths registered in 2010 reported no specific cause, the corresponding figure for neonatal deaths was 4.0%.

7.3 Perinatal deaths(a), by main condition in the fetus/infant and sex(b) - Selected years(c)(d)
		2001			2008(d)			2009(d)			2010(d)
Cause of death and ICD-10 code		Males(b)	Female	Persons	Males(b)	Female	Persons	Males(b)	Female	Persons	Males(b)	Female	Persons
Total Deaths		1 394	1 177	2 571	1 364	1 137	2 501	1 470	1 201	2 671	1 446	1 163	2 609
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)		1 028	940	1 968	1 116	929	2 045	1 178	1 012	2 190	1 137	923	2 060
	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth (P05-P08)	211	187	398	431	340	771	442	395	837	432	321	753
	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period (P20-P29)	241	216	457	93	73	166	106	71	177	109	72	181
	Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96)	417	399	816	494	437	931	554	484	1 038	502	460	962
	Fetal death of unspecified cause (P95)	141	166	307	435	403	838	517	447	964	458	420	878
	Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P96 )	257	224	481	44	18	62	21	17	38	22	21	43
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)		325	216	541	213	182	395	275	172	447	278	232	510
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)		8	0	8	12	5	17	4	6	7	6	0	6
(a) Perinatal deaths are all fetal deaths (at least 20 weeks gestation or at least 400 grams birth weight) plus all neonatal deaths (death of a live born baby within 28 days of birth). See Glossary for further information.
(b) Male deaths include those perinatal deaths of sex indeterminate.
(c) Data cells with small values have been randomly assigned to protect the confidentiality of individuals. As a result, some totals will not equal the sum of their components. Cells with a zero value have not been affected by confidentialisation.
(d) All causes of death data from 2006 onward are subject to a revisions process - once data for a reference year are 'final', they are no longer revised. Affected data in this table are: 2006 (final) 2007 (final), 2008 (final), 2009 (revised), 2010 (preliminary). See Explanatory Notes 35-39 and Technical Notes, Causes of Death Revisions, 2006 and Causes of Death Revisions, 2008 and 2009.