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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
This data is provided to help you as a clinician or researcher understand the current trends in reproductive medicine within Australia. | This data summarised below is provided to help you as a clinician or researcher understand the current trends in reproductive medicine within Australia. | ||
The information | The information is based upon data from the publication '''Laws P & Sullivan EA 2009. Australia’s mothers and babies 2007. Perinatal statistics series no. 23. Cat. no. PER 48. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit''' and is provided for educational purposes only. The original full publication is available online from [http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10972 AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 23]. | ||
'''Links:''' [http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10972 AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 23] | [http://www.preru.unsw.edu.au/PRERUWeb.nsf/page/ps23 AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit] | [http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Stats/page2.htm Australian Statistics] | [http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Stats/page2a.htm Statistics- Australian Maternal Statistics] | '''Links:''' [http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10972 AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 23] | [http://www.preru.unsw.edu.au/PRERUWeb.nsf/page/ps23 AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit] | [http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Stats/page2.htm Australian Statistics] | [http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Stats/page2a.htm Statistics- Australian Maternal Statistics] | ||
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** increase of 4.3% from 2006, and 14.4% increase since 2004 | ** increase of 4.3% from 2006, and 14.4% increase since 2004 | ||
* '''2,177''' were fetal deaths | * '''2,177''' were fetal deaths | ||
* '''29.9''' | * '''29.9 years''' was the maternal mean age in 2007 | ||
** compared with 28.9 years in 1998 | ** compared with 28.9 years in 1998 | ||
* 41.6% of mothers had their first baby and 33.5% had their second baby | * 41.6% of mothers had their first baby and 33.5% had their second baby | ||
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'''Assisted reproduction technology''' | '''Assisted reproduction technology''' | ||
* 3.1% women received ART treatment | * '''3.1%''' women received ART treatment | ||
** ranging from 1.4% in the Australian Capital Territory to 3.7% in Tasmania | ** ranging from 1.4% in the Australian Capital Territory to 3.7% in Tasmania | ||
* 34.1 years was the average age of women who received ART | * '''34.1 years''' was the average age of women who received ART | ||
* 62.7% of mothers who received ART treatment were having their first baby and 37.3% had given birth previously | * 62.7% of mothers who received ART treatment were having their first baby and 37.3% had given birth previously | ||
'''Smoking during pregnancy''' | |||
* '''16.6%''' of women smoked during pregnancy | |||
** this proportion has changed little over the previous five years | |||
Revision as of 11:01, 25 January 2010
Introduction
This data summarised below is provided to help you as a clinician or researcher understand the current trends in reproductive medicine within Australia.
The information is based upon data from the publication Laws P & Sullivan EA 2009. Australia’s mothers and babies 2007. Perinatal statistics series no. 23. Cat. no. PER 48. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit and is provided for educational purposes only. The original full publication is available online from AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 23.
Links: AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 23 | AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit | Australian Statistics | Statistics- Australian Maternal Statistics
Mothers
- 289,496 women gave birth resulting in a total of 294,205 births
- increase of 4.3% from 2006, and 14.4% increase since 2004
- 2,177 were fetal deaths
- 29.9 years was the maternal mean age in 2007
- compared with 28.9 years in 1998
- 41.6% of mothers had their first baby and 33.5% had their second baby
- 10,883 women were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (3.8% of all women who gave birth)
- 39.5% of all mothers in the Northern Territory
- 25.2 years was the average age of women who gave birth
Assisted reproduction technology
- 3.1% women received ART treatment
- ranging from 1.4% in the Australian Capital Territory to 3.7% in Tasmania
- 34.1 years was the average age of women who received ART
- 62.7% of mothers who received ART treatment were having their first baby and 37.3% had given birth previously
Smoking during pregnancy
- 16.6% of women smoked during pregnancy
- this proportion has changed little over the previous five years
