title: Maternal ethnicity, stillbirth and neonatal death risk in Western Australia 1998-2010.
abstract: This study investigated the scale of difference in stillbirth and neonatal death rates in Western Australia (1998-2010) by maternal ethnicity. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) mothers, African mothers and mothers from 'Other' ethnic backgrounds were found to have increased risk of stillbirth compared with Caucasian mothers. Babies of Indigenous mothers also had increased risk of neonatal death. The gap between the stillbirth and neonatal death rates for Indigenous mothers and non-Indigenous mothers did not close over the study period.
authors.affiliation: Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. brad.farrant@telethonkids.org.au.
authors.forename: Brad M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3903-0990
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Farrant
authors.affiliation: Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Carrington C J
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D062071:Infant, Extremely Premature; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D054238:Perinatal Mortality / Q000208:ethnology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000208:ethnology*; D047929:Term Birth / Q000208:ethnology; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
keywords: ethnic groups; neonatal death; perinatal death; stillbirth