Proportion of pregnancies with an antenatal visit in the first trimester
Definition: The proportion of pregnant females who gave birth who had at least one antenatal visit in the first trimester (up to and including 13 weeks) of pregnancy. Presented as a percentage of all females who gave birth.
Note: Excludes New South Wales due to a change in data collection practice introduced in 2011.
Source: AIHW 2017a; Table S1.4.25.
- Of females who gave birth in 2015, 65% attended at least one antenatal visit in the first trimester of pregnancy, compared with 63% in 2010. (Excludes data for New South Wales.)
- After adjusting for age (and excluding New South Wales), the proportion of Indigenous females who attended at least one antenatal visit in the first trimester of pregnancy was 57% in 2015, and the proportion of non-Indigenous females was 63%. The proportion of Indigenous females who attended at least one antenatal visit increased from 41% in 2010 to 57% in 2015.
- In 2015, the proportion of females who attended at least one antenatal visit in the first trimester was higher for females living in the highest socioeconomic areas (70%) than for those living in the lowest socioeconomic areas (59%).
- Females aged 35–39 were most likely to attend antenatal care in the first trimester (70%) and females aged under 20 were the least likely (52%).
For more information, see Chapter 4.12 'Antenatal risk factors'.