The Perinatal Death Review Database includes information on about 800 perinatal deaths per year. The information is obtained from confidential reviews carried out by the NSW Maternal and Perinatal Committee, which is a quality assurance committee appointed by the Minister for Health to review perinatal morbidity and mortality in NSW.

The PDR covers perinatal deaths occurring in NSW. The PDR includes deaths of liveborn babies who were born interstate, and sometimes overseas, and transferred for care in NSW hospitals. The PDR does not include deaths of babies born in NSW who were transferred interstate for care. Perinatal deaths include: for 2000 to 2005, all perinatal deaths in New South Wales of at least 500 grams birth weight or 22 weeks gestation; and for 2006 and subsequent years, stillbirths of at least 400 grams birth weight or 20 weeks gestation and all neonatal deaths.

The PDR data should not be used to ascertain the number of perinatal deaths in NSW. The PDR may be used as a source of information on cause of death in record linkage studies.

Administrative. The information is obtained from confidential reviews carried out by the NSW Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Review Committee, which is a quality assurance committee appointed by the Minister for Health to review perinatal morbidity and mortality in NSW.

NSW state data

The Health Administration Act 1982