❓ Hon Ed Dermer asked about instances of live births resulting from abortion procedures in WA since the 1998 amendment. The Minister for Health confirmed 14 such instances between July 1999 and June 2010, but yearly breakdowns were withheld due to patient confidentiality.
AnsweredQoN 3211Legislative Council
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(1) Since the enactment of the
Acts Amendment (Abortion) Act, No 15 of 1998
has any instance been reported of an abortion procedure in Western Australia resulting in the birth of a live child?
(2) If yes to (1), how many such instances have been reported and in which years did the instances occur?
Acts Amendment (Abortion) Act, No 15 of 1998
has any instance been reported of an abortion procedure in Western Australia resulting in the birth of a live child?
(2) If yes to (1), how many such instances have been reported and in which years did the instances occur?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 February 2011
Responded by
Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Health
Response time
82 days
1. Yes.
2. As at 20 January 2011, a total of 14 incidences of abortion procedures resulting in the live birth of a child have been reported between July 1999 and June 2010. For confidentiality reasons* the number of incidences by year can not be provided.
* The release of patient data held within the Data Integrity Directorate of the Performance Activity & Quality Division must be released in accordance to the 'Protocol For Release of Information' endorsed by executive on 12 January 2010.
Health information is considered identifiable when it either directly identifies an individual or has the potential to indirectly identify an individual based on a combination of identifiers or based on small cell sizes. A cell size is considered small if the result in a statistical table shows a value that is less than 5.
For data to be considered non-identifiable there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to re-identify an individual patient when used in combination with other details held by the requestor or those who will view the information.
It is the belief of the Hospital Morbidity Data Collections custodian that patient confidentiality can not be guaranteed with the release of yearly counts of abortion procedures resulting in the live birth of a child.
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2. As at 20 January 2011, a total of 14 incidences of abortion procedures resulting in the live birth of a child have been reported between July 1999 and June 2010. For confidentiality reasons* the number of incidences by year can not be provided.
* The release of patient data held within the Data Integrity Directorate of the Performance Activity & Quality Division must be released in accordance to the 'Protocol For Release of Information' endorsed by executive on 12 January 2010.
Health information is considered identifiable when it either directly identifies an individual or has the potential to indirectly identify an individual based on a combination of identifiers or based on small cell sizes. A cell size is considered small if the result in a statistical table shows a value that is less than 5.
For data to be considered non-identifiable there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to re-identify an individual patient when used in combination with other details held by the requestor or those who will view the information.
It is the belief of the Hospital Morbidity Data Collections custodian that patient confidentiality can not be guaranteed with the release of yearly counts of abortion procedures resulting in the live birth of a child.
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