We obtained linked data from the NSW Centre for Health Record Linkage (CHeReL) which linked data from the NSW Perinatal Data Collection (PDC), the NSW Admitted Patient Data Collection (APDC), the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (NSWRBDM) (death registrations only), and the Aust...
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (NSWRBDM): Data on all registered births and deaths. 4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) mortality data including primary cause and date of death. Sample and inclusion criteria The cohort was derived from the Perinatal Data Collection (PDC) whi...
The use of medical interventions in birth has quickly risen in the last quarter century particularly in industrialized countries where the development of medical technology has advanced rapidly [1]. Most notable has been the dramatic rise in caesarean births with rates in the last 15 years in the...
This study used linked birth, hospital and death records from the NSW Perinatal Data Collection (PDC), NSW Admitted Patient Data Collection (APDC) and Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Death Registrations (fact of death) respectively. The PDC is a population-based statutory collection coveri...