The 'Hospital-based maternity events 2006' provides health statistics on the pregnancy and childbirth characteristics of mothers who gave birth in hospital, and the babies' characteristics and outcomes.
It also presents regional and national comparisons. The information is presented by calendar year and is drawn from the National Minimum Dataset.
It does not include information on community-based primary maternity services (provided by Lead Maternity Carers) and therefore does not present a complete picture of maternity services in New Zealand.
Purpose
The Hospital-based Maternity Events publication provides health statistics on the pregnancy and childbirth characteristics of mothers who gave birth in hospital (to babies liveborn or stillborn), and their babies. It presents regional and national comparisons. The information is presented by calendar year and is drawn from the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS).
At the time of writing, data on community-based primary maternity services (provided by Lead Maternity Carers) was not available. Therefore the information presented within this publication is not a complete picture of maternity services in New Zealand. When this data becomes available, it will be presented in the Report on Maternity, which reports on maternity services provided in a community and/or hospital setting.