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 located in the South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Genetic Medicine at the WCH.

Resources/publications

South Australian Birth Defect Register Annual Report 2005 (1.08mb)

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

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

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

Pregnancy Outcome Statistics Unit

Contact details

Manager,
SA Birth Defects Register

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 : cywhs.sabdr@cywhs.sa.gov.au

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