Our objectives
The objectives of the EURO-PERISTAT project are to survey and assess the health of mothers and children during the perinatal period – pregnancy, delivery, and post partum – in Europe with reliable, useful, and validated indicators. The project began in 1999 as part of the EU’s Health Monitoring Program and has now reached its fourth phase; it seeks to produce perinatal health data routinely throughout Europe.
Our work
We developed a list of perinatal health indicators, updated regularly to take into account changes in both the data needed and the production of statistics in each country. It covers four principal themes: i) fetal and newborn health, ii) women’s health, iii) population characteristics and risk factors, and iv) medical practices and health-care facilities.
We have compiled the statistics produced by each country for their births in 2000, 2004, 2010, and 2015-2019 and published four reports that include all of the statistics collected for the indicators chosen. The last European Perinatal Health Report was published on 2015-2019 births. Detailed data are available for these indicators, both crude and according to characteristics associated with each (for example, neonatal mortality rate according to weight, gestational age, and number of fetuses).
Organization
This project is coordinated by the EPOPé team and includes representatives of 24 European Union Member States, as well as Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
To learn more
Consult the EURO-PERISTAT site, and in particular:
The report on births in 2015-2019 (pdf document)
The list of detailed indicators
The publications based on these data
The situation in France compared with the other European countries:
Blondel B, Durox M, Zeitlin J.
How perinatal health in France compared with other European countries in 2015: some progress but also some concerns about newborn health.
J Gyn Obstet Hum Reprod 2019;48(7):437-439.
