Nordic Perinatal Statistics

Collected by NOMBIR(Nordic Medical Birth Registers)

Mika Gissler

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Nordic Perinatal Statistics

Data is updated every second year. Next time 2010and 2012.

Text, tables and methods available in English,Swedish and Finnish at THL webpage (to be changed):

http://www.stakes.fi/EN/tilastot/statisticsbytopic/reproduction/perinatalreproductionsummary.htm

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Deliveries in the Nordic countries 1975-2008

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The number of livebirths 1975-2008

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Total fertility rate 1975-2008

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Multiple births per 1000 newborns 1975-2008

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Mean maternal age 1975-2008, years

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Mean maternal age for primiparas 1975-2008, years

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Mothers aged 35 years or more 1975-2008, %

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Mothers aged less than 20 years 1975-2008, %

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Proportion of primiparas 1975-2008, %

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Proportion of multiparas (4+) 1975-2008, %

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Maternal smoking 1975-2008, %

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Section rate 1975-2008, %

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Prematurity (< 37 gw) 1975-2008, %(per deliveries, liveborns only)

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Low birth weight (< 2500 g) 1975-2008, %(per newborns, live borns only)

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High birth weight (4000+ g) 1975-2008, % (per newborns, live borns only)

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High birth weight (4500+ g) 1975-2008, % (per newborns, live borns only)

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Mean birth weight in grams 1975-2008(liveborn singletons only)

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Perinatal mortality 1975-2008, 1/1000 (birth weight 1000 grams or more)

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Mean BMI 1993-2008(Body Mass Index: maternal weight / height2)

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The proportion of overweight mothers with a BMI 25 or more, 1993-2008

(Body Mass Index: maternal weight / height2)

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The proportion of obese mothers with a BMI 30 or more, 1993-2008

(Body Mass Index: maternal weight / height2)

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III and IV degree tears in vaginal deliveries 1987-2008, %

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Nordic Perinatal Statistics

- Some missing data: Tables 4-7, 9-12.- New tables on mortality and mother’s BMI?- Data on congenital anomalies according to

Eurocat definitions: Down, Cleft/Cleft and lip palate, Gastroschisis, Omphalosele, NTDs (Anencephalus and Spina Bifida)

- Other comments?