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Hi Mr Bell

 

Thank you for your request.

 

The number of still birth registrations from 2009 to 2019 was:

Year       Number

2010       471

2011       450

2012       448

2013       392

2014       366

2015       384

2016       413

2017       390

2018       414

2019       426

Please note that 2018 and 2019 data is provisional.

 

While there is a legal requirement to register a still birth, a
miscarriages does not need to be reported anywhere.  We do receive some
information from hospitalisation data but not all miscarriages will
involve hospitalisation so this is unlikely to reflect the true picture.

 

The number of publicly funded hospital discharges with a  primary
diagnosis of Spontaneous Abortion (ICD-10 code O03) by financial year
were:

FinYr                      Discharges

2008/09                3195

2009/10                3186

2010/11                3057

2011/12                3145

2012/13               3104

2013/14                2913

2014/15                2676

2015/16                2762

2016/17                2534

2017/18                2625

2018/19                2717

 

I’d note that this potentially includes both still births and
miscarriages, and people hospitalized multiple times (transfers,
readmissions, multiple incidents) are counted each time.

 

I hope this helps.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Cheers

 

 

Chris Lewis

Information Analyst

Analytical Services, Ministry of Health

phone: +64-4-816-2869

fax: +64-4-816-2898

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From: Mr M Bell <[FYI request #18350 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:46
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Number of spontaneous abortions,
stillbirths and miscarriages

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide monthly data for the number of spontaneous abortions,
stillbirths and miscarriages that ave occurred in new Zealand for the last
10 years.

Yours faithfully,

Mr M Bell

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From: Mr M Bell <[FOI #18350 email]>
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To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Number of spontaneous abortions,
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Dear Ministry of Health,

Please provide monthly data for the number of spontaneous abortions,
stillbirths and miscarriages that ave occurred in new Zealand for the last
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Yours faithfully,

Mr M Bell

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