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Postmortem

Data Item category

Perinatal mortality

Collections containing the item

Data definitions

Definition:
ANZNN: Whether a post mortem examination was performed. Descriptions:
VIC, WA, NT Births and Deaths Registration Collections: Was/is a postmortem to be carried out? TAS: Post mortem status: not to be carried out, has been conducted, yet to be conducted. WA RCA: Was a post mortem carried out and if so where? NSW RCA: Was a postmortem OR histopathology carried out? QLD PMC: Captures offer of PM, consent to full, limited PM or just external examination. ACT PMC: Not stated, not requested, declined, partial, full.

Additional information

NSW RCA only collects this item for infant notifications. Births and Deaths Registration Collections collect this item for stillbirths (Birth Register) and neonatal deaths (Deaths Register).

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