February 13, 2003

NSW Birth Statistics - obtaining a copy

For those of you who have been following my Diary entries about the NSW Birth Statistics, you may want to know more - these statistics are very useful to show to parents in prenatal programs, for example. The information is contained in the

NSW Public Health Bulletin Supplement
Volume 13, Number S - 4 December 2002
ISSN 1034 7674
“New South Wales Mothers and Babies 2001"

It is a free publication and can be ordered from

Centre for Epidemiology and Research
Public Health Division
NSW Department of Health
Locked Bag 961
North Sydney NSW 2059

For those of you in other States who are looking for similar information on birth outcomes in your area, you will not be so lucky. The NSW Department of Health has been producing these reports for years, but is the only State to do so. The others have much smaller reports, often just no more than a few tables (Victoria, for example) or make nothing available in print at all (Queensland). This is a very unsatisfactory state of affairs: as taxpayers propping up our health care system we have a right to know how our money is being spent; as expectant parents and families we have a right to know what is going on in our hospitals and how they are performing; as caregivers we need to know how our hospital compares with others in the region and across the State as a whole.

It would be worthwhile calling your local Department of Health and requesting the information they have. Mention the NSW Report and ask for similar information to be made available where you live. If we don’t ask for this, we will never get it!

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