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New South Wales population‐based birthweight percentile charts
Author(s) -
BEEBY PJ,
BHUTAP T,
TAYLOR LK
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00965.x
Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , singleton , population , gestation , pediatrics , ethnic group , demography , obstetrics , statistics , pregnancy , environmental health , mathematics , genetics , sociology , anthropology , biology
Objective : To derive newborn percentile charts using NSW population and hospital‐based data. Methodology : Birthweight data for liveborn singleton infants were obtained from the New South Wales Midwives Data Collection (MDC) from 1990 to 1994 inclusive ( n = 422139). Data were also collected from King George V Hospital (KGV) for liveborn singleton infants less than 35 weeks of gestation for 1982‐89 inclusive, and for all gestations for 1990‐95 inclusive ( n = 30 610). Birthweight percentiles were derived using the MDC data separately for mates and females. Head circumference ( n = 29 090) and birth length percentiles ( n = 26 973) were derived from the KGV data. Results : The charts derived from MDC data had generally higher percentiles than previously published charts. These represent the largest Australian population‐based study published to date. Conclusions : Periodic review of newborn growth charts is recommended because of changing ethnic and socio‐economic factors.