Australia's health 2018: in brief

Of the 309,000 births in 2015:

• 97% were in a hospital
• 51% of babies were boys
• 5.4% of babies were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• 50% involved a spontaneous labour
• 67% of babies were born by vaginal delivery
• 33% of babies were born by caesarean section
• 85% of mothers who had had a previous caesarean section had a repeat caesarean section
• 73% of mothers lived in Major cities

​Find out more: Chapter 7.14 ‘Labour, birth and outcomes’ and 7.15 ‘Caesarean sections’ in Australia’s health 2018.