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These PubMed live searches have been developed, tested and endorsed as part of the Health Libraries for the National Standards Research Project (HeLiNS), a joint initiative of 

Overview

Third and fourth degree perineal tears affect about 3% of all Australian women who have a vaginal birth, and 5% of women having their first vaginal birth. 

Full Atlas

The full Atlas can be downloaded as a PDF using the link below. Please be aware this download may take some time due to the size of the Atlas (59MB):

A range of media and communications assets are available to help promote the Atlas 2018.

Media release and backgrounder

• Media release - New Atlas shines light on wide variations in health care for Australians

Summaries of the key data findings for each state and territory, as well as a national data summary from the third Atlas (2018) are available for download: