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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-11-17T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Stillbirth Statistics</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Stillbirth Statistics</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.L. GAME</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-11-17T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="125">
            <name>Stillbirth Statistics</name>
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          <inserted>125 <by role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3">The Hon. S.L. GAME </by>().28 September 2022).  Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What was the stillbirth rate for South Australian women prior to COVID-19?</inserted>
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        <text id="202211177e9f65c7c6be451e80000686">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Has the rate increased since?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202211177e9f65c7c6be451e80000687">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Is the government tracking the figures of stillbirth alongside the rates of vaccination?</inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Will the government make local stillbirth rate data available for those who want it?</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <question date="2022-11-17T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="125">
            <name>Stillbirth Statistics</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;The most recently reported still birth rate in South Australia in 2017, 2018 and 2019 was 6.6, 6.9 and 5.8 per 1,000 births, respectively.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202211177e9f65c7c6be451e80000691">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;South Australian stillbirth rates have not changed markedly over the last decade. </inserted>
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        <text id="202211177e9f65c7c6be451e80000692">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;SA Health advises that there is no evidence that vaccination increases the chances of pregnancy complications such as stillbirth.</inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;The Pregnancy Outcome Unit within Wellbeing SA publishes the Pregnancy Outcome in South Australia report. This public report provides annual analyses on pregnancies, obstetric care and the health of newborn babies. Additionally, this report also contains information on perinatal mortality, including the stillbirth rate.</inserted>
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