New Zealand Fetal and Infant Deaths Series

Fetal and Infant Deaths is an annual statistical publication series prepared by the New Zealand Ministry of Health that presents the number of live births, fetal deaths, and infant deaths in the country. Tabulations on causes of death by gender are also included. Births and deaths data come from the National Registry, the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registry, death certificates, death registration forms, and pathologists postmortem reports.