Publications

Page content: CCOPMM annual reports | Births in Victoria | Birth defects in Victoria | VPDC Bulletin | Perinatal News | Victorian birth defects bulletin | User guides for the completion of the birth report | Other publications

CCOPMM annual reports

WinZip icon Annual report for the Year 2007 (4MB, WinZip)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2006 (688kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2005 (525kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2004 (526kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2003 (511kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2002 (489kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2001 (397kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 2000 (399kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 1999 (374kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 1998 (463kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 1997 (235kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 1996 (547kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 1995 (1.3MB, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Annual report for the Year 1994 (402kb, pdf)

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Births in Victoria

Births in Victoria is a biennial report produced by the Clinical Councils’ Unit, which maintains the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection (VPDC). This report presents an overview of data in our collection associated with the health of mothers and their babies during the perinatal period, i.e. pregnancy and the first 28 days after birth and date back to 1983. The reports contain information on maternal and infant factors relating to births as well as trends on a number of demographic and obstetric factors.

Adobe Acrobat icon Births in Victoria 2003-2004 (1.6MB, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Births in Victoria 2001-2002 (4.5MB, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Births in Victoria 1999-2000 (255kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Births in Victoria 1996-1998 (627kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Births in Victoria 1992-1996 (367kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Births in Victoria 1983-1992 (58kb, pdf)

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Birth defects in Victoria

Birth Defects in Victoria is a biennial report produced by the Clinical Councils’ Unit, which maintains the VPDC and the VBDR. The VBDR collects data on all birth defects for livebirths, stillbirths and terminations of pregnancy occurring since January 1 1982, irrespective of the age at diagnosis, up to 15 years of age. These reports provide information relating to key maternal and infant factors associated with birth defects.

Adobe Acrobat icon Birth defects in Victoria 2003-2004 (2.4MB, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Birth defects in Victoria 2001-2002 (1MB, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Birth defects in Victoria 1999-2000 (759kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Birth defects in Victoria 1983-1998 (684kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Congenital malformations in Victoria 1983-1994 (301kb, pdf)

VPDC Bulletin

The VPDC Bulletin is aimed at Health Information Managers, VPDC Submission Officers and VPDC Software suppliers to provide relevant information related to the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection (VPDC). It is important that the relevant staff in your organisation read the VPDC Bulletin to stay informed of the latest changes or updates.

Adobe Acrobat icon VPDC Bulletin Issue 4 - 23 December 2010 (88kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon VPDC Bulletin Issue 3 - 15 October 2010 (75kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon VPDC Bulletin Issue 2 - 27 August 2010 (97kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon VPDC Bulletin Issue 1 - 25 June 2010 (65kb, pdf)

Perinatal News

The Perinatal News has been designed to keep Midwives informed and abreast of any clinical issues relating to the VPDC.

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 8 March 2010 (76kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 7 October 2009 (31kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 6 April 2009 (35kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 5 September 2008 (39kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 4 April 2008 (52kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 3 February 2008 (48kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 2 June 2007 (48kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Perinatal News Bulletin No. 1 December 2006 (75kb, pdf)

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Victorian birth defects bulletin

The contents of the Victorian Birth Defects Bulletin are based upon the most recent completed data in the Victorian Birth Defects Register (VBDR)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian Birth Defects Bulletin No.7 June 2009 (127kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian birth defects bulletin No.4 December 2007 (124kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian birth defects bulletin No.3 June 2007 (124kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian birth defects bulletin No.2 December 2005 (193kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian birth defects bulletin No.1 June 2005 (143kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Victorian birth defects bulletin No.5 June 2008 (100kb, pdf)

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Other publications

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Koori health counts: Koori births in 1998

This publication is one of the Koori Health Counts series. The main sources on information on births in Victoria are: The Victorian Perinatal Data Collection; the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; and hospital admission staff. This report looks at how consistently Koori status was recorded in the three datasets. In this publication, the word "Koori" has been used to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Adobe Acrobat icon Koori health counts: Koori births in 1998 (299kb, pdf)

Reports on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria

These reports summarises all the prenatal diagnostic tests done in Victoria in any one year. The data that make up the reports come from the 4 laboratories in Victoria that analyse the samples for chromosome abnormalities. The reports have been written each year since 1980 and therefore important trends in use of these tests can be observed and reported on. The change in reasons for having prenatal testing, the increasing numbers of tests done and abnormalities detected are also evident in the reports.

Adobe Acrobat icon Report on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria 2006 (336kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Report on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria 2005 (421kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Report on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria 2004 (316kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Report on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria 2003 (352kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Report on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria 2002 (286kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Report on prenatal diagnostic testing in Victoria 2001 (249kb, pdf)

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