Birth Defects Register

The South Australian Birth Defects Register (SABDR) collects information on all children born in South Australia who have a significant birth defect detected in the first five years of life. This information can be used to detect real increases in the frequency of birth defects or to reassure people when, what seems to be an increase in birth defects, is only the result of the usual variations that happen within a population.

A birth defect is defined as any abnormality, structural or functional, identified up to the child's fifth birthday, provided that the condition had its origin before birth. Notifications are received from a wide range of doctors and health professionals who care for children with birth defects.

The SABDR is involved in several research projects and produces the SA Birth Defects Register Annual Report, which incorporates the Annual Report of Prenatal Diagnosis in South Australia .

The SABDR is part of the Health Informatics, Performance, Planning and Outcomes (HIPPO) Unit at the WCH.

Resources/publications

Prenatal Screening for Congenital Anomalies

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies 2013 (Published 2017) (775kb)

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies 2012 (Published 2015) (755kb)

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies 2011 (Published 2014) (476kb)

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies 2010 (Published 2014) (478kb)

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies 2009 (Published 2013) (548kb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Reasearch Project Guidelines (141kb)

Prenatal screening for congenital anomalies 2008 (Published 2012) (333kb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Reports

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2013 (Published 2018) (2.9mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2012 (Published 2015) (1.6mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2011 (Published 2015) (2.1mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2010 (Published 2015) (1.4mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2008 and 2009 (Published 2015)
      (1.3mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2007 (Published 2010) (1mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2006 (Published 2009) (1.3mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2005 (Published 2008) (1.1mb)

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2004 (Published 2007) (1.07mb)

South Australian Birth Defects Register Annual Report 2003 (Published 2006) (1.90mb)

South Australian Birth Defects Register Annual Report 2002 (Published 2005) (2mb)

Pregnancy Outcome Statistics Unit

Contact details

Manager,
SA Birth Defects Register

Location

Level 2, Michell Building

Mailing Address

SA Birth Defects Register
Women's and Children's Hospital
72 King William Road
North Adelaide SA 5006   

Phone/fax/email

Phone (08) 8161 7368

Fax (08) 8161 6088

Email : sabdr@health.sa.gov.au

last modified: 08 Jun 2018

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