Monitoring fetal and infant survival using regional birth notification data in north east London

摘要

Conclusions-The use of routinely col- lected aggregated birth notification data provides a valuable adjunct to existing sources of information about perinatal and infant survival, as well as other infor- mation regarding process an outcome of maternity services. Such data are re- quired for comparative audit and may be more complete than that obtained from registration or hospital generated data. Objective-To demonstrate the use of aggregated, locally collected birth notifi- cation data to examine trends in birth- weight specific survival for singleton and multiple births.