1. Nordic Perinatal Statistics Collected by NOMBIR (Nordic Medical Birth Registers) Mika Gissler

2. 2 Nordic Perinatal Statistics Data is updated every second year. Next time 2010 and 2012. Text, tables and methods available in English, Swedish and Finnish at THL webpage (to be changed): http://www.stakes.fi/EN/tilastot/statisticsbytopic/reproduction/perin atalreproductionsummary.htm

3. 3 Deliveries in the Nordic countries 1975-2008

4. 4 The number of livebirths 1975-2008

5. 5 Total fertility rate 1975-2008

6. 6 Multiple births per 1000 newborns 1975-2008

7. 7 Mean maternal age 1975-2008, years

8. 8 Mean maternal age for primiparas 1975-2008, years

9. 9 Mothers aged 35 years or more 1975-2008, %

10. 10 Mothers aged less than 20 years 1975-2008, %

11. 11 Proportion of primiparas 1975-2008, %

12. 12 Proportion of multiparas (4+) 1975-2008, %

13. 13 Maternal smoking 1975-2008, %

14. 14 Section rate 1975-2008, %

15. 15 Prematurity (< 37 gw) 1975-2008, % (per deliveries, liveborns only)

16. 16 Low birth weight (< 2500 g) 1975-2008, % (per newborns, live borns only)

17. 17 High birth weight (4000+ g) 1975-2008, % (per newborns, live borns only)

18. 18 High birth weight (4500+ g) 1975-2008, % (per newborns, live borns only)

19. 19 Mean birth weight in grams 1975-2008 (liveborn singletons only)

20. 20 Perinatal mortality 1975-2008, 1/1000 (birth weight 1000 grams or more)

21. 21 Mean BMI 1993-2008 (Body Mass Index: maternal weight / height 2 )

22. 22 The proportion of overweight mothers with a BMI 25 or more, 1993-2008 (Body Mass Index: maternal weight / height 2 )

23. 23 The proportion of obese mothers with a BMI 30 or more, 1993-2008 (Body Mass Index: maternal weight / height 2 )

24. 24 III and IV degree tears in vaginal deliveries 1987-2008, %

25. 25 Nordic Perinatal Statistics -Some missing data: Tables 4-7, 9-12. -New tables on mortality and mother’s BMI? -Data on congenital anomalies according to Eurocat definitions: Down, Cleft/Cleft and lip palate, Gastroschisis, Omphalosele, NTDs (Anencephalus and Spina Bifida) -Other comments?