Table 4.

Comparison of Australian perinatal mortality (includes stillbirth and early and late neonatal mortality) between planned home births and all Australian births, 1985-90

	Home births (n=7002) (95% CI)	All Australian births (n=1 502 756) (95% CI)
Deaths per 1000 total births:
Fetal deaths	4.4 (2.9 to 6.0)	6.0 (5.9 to 6.2)
Neonatal deaths	2.7 (1.5 to 3.9)	4.8 (4.7 to 4.9)
Fetal and neonatal deaths	7.1 (5.2 to 9.1)	10.8 (10.6 to 10.9)
Birthweight specific mortality ⩾2500 g*	5.7 (3.5 to 7.9)	3.6 (3.4 to 3.6)
Intrapartum fetal deaths†:
Rate per 1000 births	2.7 (1.5 to 3.9)	0.9 (0.85 to 0.95)
% of all deaths	38.0 (24.7 to 52.8)	8.3 (7.9 to 8.8)
% of stillbirths	61.3 (42.2 to 78.2)	14.9 (14.2 to 15.7)

^*Data for 1985-8 only.  

^†Excludes intrapartum deaths associated with congenital malformation or extreme immaturity, or both.