Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief

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Release Date: 29 May 2020

Topic: Mothers & babies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 June 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief. AIHW, 2020.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.

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Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief presents key statistics and trends on pregnancy and childbirth of mothers, and the characteristics and outcomes of their babies.

This report is designed to accompany complementary online data visualisations.

ISSN: 2651-964X
ISBN: 978-1-76054-681-6
Cat. no: PER 108
Pages: 72

Findings from this report:

Around 298,600 women gave birth to more than 303,000 babies in 2018
44% of Indigenous mothers smoked during pregnancy in 2018 compared with 52% in 2009
13% of women who gave birth in 2018 had gestational diabetes
Mothers aged 40 and over almost 3 times as likely to have a caesarean section as mothers aged under 20 (54% and 20%)

Summary

Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief presents an overview of the key statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Perinatal Data Collection. The corresponding online data visualisations complement this report.

Detailed data tables, including state and territory data, are also available.

This report and the data visualisations are part of a comprehensive program of AIHW work on maternal and perinatal care and outcomes. Other major projects include:

National Core Maternity Indicators (NCMIs) data visualisations. The NCMIs monitor the safety and quality of maternity care to ensure continual improvement following the introduction of the National Maternity Services Plan (AHMC 2011)
National Maternity Data Development Project (NMDDP). The NMDDP aims to build a more comprehensive and consistent national data collection for maternal and perinatal health, including developing clinical data items and maternity models of care and establishing ongoing national maternal and perinatal mortality data collection and reporting
reporting of maternal and perinatal indicators in the Australian Health Performance Framework. The framework presents geographic data for indicators on antenatal care in the first trimester, smoking during pregnancy, and low birthweight.

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1. At a glance

2. Mothers

3. Babies

4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and their babies

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