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CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (P00-P96)

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) were identified as the underlying cause of 595 deaths registered in 2008. Of these, 337 (57%) were males, and 258 (43%) were females. The number of deaths due to these causes, as well as the proportion of males and females, has remained relatively stable over the past 10 years.

Although the majority of deaths attributed to this cause occur in the neonatal period (within 28 days of birth), this is not always the case. In 2008, 93% of deaths due to Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period occurred in the neonatal period, while 6.6% of these deaths were in older age groups.

Further information on Perinatal deaths can be found in Perinatal Deaths, Australia, 2008 (cat. no. 3304.0).

4.15 SELECTED UNDERLYING CAUSES(a), Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96)(b) - 2008(c)(d)(e)
			Males	Females	Persons	Proportion of all deaths
Cause of Death and ICD Code			no.	no.	no.	%
CHAPTER XVI Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)			337	258	595	0.4
	Fetus and newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery (P00-P04)		180	142	322	0.2
		Fetus and newborn affected by maternal conditions that may be unrelated to present pregnancy (P00)	20	14	34	-
		Fetus and newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy (P01)	82	58	140	0.1
		Fetus and newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes (P02)	50	52	102	0.1
		Fetus and newborn affected by other complications of labour and delivery (P03)	26	18	44	-
	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth (P05-P08)		47	34	81	0.1
		Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified (P07)	44	31	75	0.1
	Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn (P50-P61)		23	17	40	-
		Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus and newborn (P52)	20	13	33	-
	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn (P75-P78)		13	8	21	-
		Necrotizing enterocolitis of fetus and newborn (P77)	13	8	21	-
	Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96)		23	21	44	-
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Causes selected are those with 20 or more deaths at the 3 digit level of ICD-10.
(b) Relates to conditions originating in but not necessarily occurring in the perinatal period.
(c) Causes of death data for 2008 are preliminary and subject to a revisions process. See Technical Note 2: Causes of Death - Revisions Process.
(d) 2008 data have been subject to process improvements which have increased the quality of these data. See Technical Note 1: 2008 COD Collection - Process Improvements for further information.
(e) 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.