❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks about birth rates and perinatal depression in WA. The response provides birth statistics, estimates of perinatal depression prevalence, and data on hospital diagnoses, but states that data on access to antenatal and postnatal depression services is unavailable.
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(1) Can the Minister please advise how many births took place in Western Australia for the following periods: (a) 2013-2014; (b) 2012-2013; (c) 2011-2012; (d) 2010-2011; and (e) 2009-2010? (2) In each of the years listed in (1), what was the estimated number of women who experienced perinatal depression? (3) What is the estimated number of women who accessed antenatal depression and postnatal depression services in Western Australia for the years listed in (1)?
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Answered
25 November 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
34 days
(1)(a) 34817
(b) 34328
(c) 32718
(d) 31764
(e) 31500
Notes:
1. Source: WA Midwives Notification System (Ref: MCH14239)
2. Extraction date: 24/10/2014
3. 2014 data are preliminary.
4. Data includes the number of infants born (twins counted as 2, triplets as 3) alive or stillborn in Western Australia.
(2)
Prevalence of diagnosed depression in mothers of children aged 24 months or less is nearly 20 per cent (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012). Experience of perinatal depression: data from the 2010 Australian National Infant Feeding Survey. Information
Paper. Cat. no. PHE 161. Canberra: AIHW).
For WA this would equate to about 6000- 6500 women that gave birth each year.
The data available that specifically relates to treatment for perinatal depression follows. Very small amounts of activity were identified among inpatient separations and Emergency Department attendances.
Number of women who were diagnosed with perinatal depression during their episode of care in WA public and private hospitals in 2009/10 - 2013/14:
(a) 13
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 19
(e) 29
Notes:
1. Source: Hospital Morbidity Data
2. Extraction date: 24 October 2014
3. All data are preliminary and are subject to change.
4. Figures provided are based on the date the patient was discharged from the hospital rather than the year of child birth.
5. ICD-10-AM does not have codes for perinatal depression and only differentiates between depression in pregnancy and depression arising in the postnatal period.
6. Figures provided are only for those patients where the primary reason for the hospital admission is for Mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O99.3) and an additional diagnosis code of the following:
·
F32.00 Mild depressive episode, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.10 Moderate depressive episode, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.20 Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.30 Severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.80 Other depressive episode, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.90 Depressive episode, unspecified, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
(3) This data is not available.
(b) 34328
(c) 32718
(d) 31764
(e) 31500
Notes:
1. Source: WA Midwives Notification System (Ref: MCH14239)
2. Extraction date: 24/10/2014
3. 2014 data are preliminary.
4. Data includes the number of infants born (twins counted as 2, triplets as 3) alive or stillborn in Western Australia.
(2)
Prevalence of diagnosed depression in mothers of children aged 24 months or less is nearly 20 per cent (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012). Experience of perinatal depression: data from the 2010 Australian National Infant Feeding Survey. Information
Paper. Cat. no. PHE 161. Canberra: AIHW).
For WA this would equate to about 6000- 6500 women that gave birth each year.
The data available that specifically relates to treatment for perinatal depression follows. Very small amounts of activity were identified among inpatient separations and Emergency Department attendances.
Number of women who were diagnosed with perinatal depression during their episode of care in WA public and private hospitals in 2009/10 - 2013/14:
(a) 13
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 19
(e) 29
Notes:
1. Source: Hospital Morbidity Data
2. Extraction date: 24 October 2014
3. All data are preliminary and are subject to change.
4. Figures provided are based on the date the patient was discharged from the hospital rather than the year of child birth.
5. ICD-10-AM does not have codes for perinatal depression and only differentiates between depression in pregnancy and depression arising in the postnatal period.
6. Figures provided are only for those patients where the primary reason for the hospital admission is for Mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O99.3) and an additional diagnosis code of the following:
·
F32.00 Mild depressive episode, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.10 Moderate depressive episode, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.20 Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.30 Severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.80 Other depressive episode, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
·
F32.90 Depressive episode, unspecified, not specified as arising in the postnatal period
(3) This data is not available.
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