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Sweden Pregnancies, births and newborns - Medical Birth Register 1973-2012, Assisted fertilization 1991-2011

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Graviditeter, förlossningar och nyfödda barn Medicinska födelseregistret 1973–2012 Assisterad befruktning 1991–2011
Provider 
National Board of Health and Welfare (Sweden)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Sweden (SWE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1973 - 12/2012
Series or system 
Sweden Medical Birth Register
Sweden Statistics on Pregnancies, Births and Newborns
Data type
Report:
  • National vital registration
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

This annual report contains statistics on pregnancies, births, and newborns from 1973 to 2012, based on data in the Swedish Medical Birth Register. It also provides tabulations about in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and their outcomes from 1991 to 2011, taken from the National Quality Register for Assisted Reproduction (Q-IVF). Specific topics include the age, body mass index and smoking habits of mothers, mode of delivery and use of pain relief, and the birth weights of infants.

The Swedish Medical Birth Register was established in 1973 and the National Quality Register for Assisted Reproduction was created in 2007. The first report in this series, combining data from both registers, was published in 2009.

Keywords 
Birth weight, Body mass index, Caesarean section, Education, Fertility, Gestational age, Infant mortality, Live births, Maternal age, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Obesity, Pregnancy, Preterm birth, Stillbirths, Tobacco smoking
GHDx Entry last modified on: Apr 10, 2025