Australia’s mothers and babies 2009

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Introduction

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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 "Australia's mothers and babies 2009" and is provided for educational purposes only. The original full publication is available online from AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 25.

| AIHW Perinatal statistics series no. 25 | AIHW NPSU version | AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit | Australia’s mothers and babies 2007 | Australia’s mothers and babies 2008 | Australia’s mothers and babies 2009 | Australia’s mothers and babies 2010 | Australia’s mothers and babies 2011 | Australia’s mothers and babies 2012

Summary

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In 2009 in Australia, a total 294,540 women gave birth to 299,220 babies. There were 296,791 live births and 2,341 fetal deaths. There was a 0.8% increase in the total number of births compared with 2008, but there was a fall in the rate of females aged 15-44 years in the whole population who gave birth (from 64.4 per 1,000 in 2008 to 63.6 per 1,000 in 2009).

• 2009 - 296,791 live births and 2,341 fetal deaths
• 2008 - 294,737 live births and 2,188 fetal deaths
• 2007 - 292,027 live births and 2,177 fetal deaths

Mothers

• Average maternal age in 2009 was 30.0 years compared with 29.0 years in 2000.
• Approximately 41.6% of women were having their first baby.
  • Average age for first time mothers was 27.9 in 2009 which was 0.3 years younger than for 2008.
  • Of all first-time mothers, 13.7% were aged 35 years or older in 2009, compared with 10.3% in 2000.
• ART was used by 3.6% of women who gave birth. (from available data on assisted reproductive technology (ART) where available)

Antenatal factors

Smoking while pregnant was reported by 14.5% of all mothers and by 37.0% of teenage mothers. In the 4 jurisdictions where data on the number of antenatal visits were available, 97.3% of women who gave birth at 32 weeks or more gestation attended at least one antenatal visit, with 91.9% attending 5 or more.

Indigenous mothers

Of women who gave birth during 2008, 3.8% identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The average age of Indigenous mothers was 25.1 years, compared with 30.1 years for non-Indigenous mothers. Over half of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers reported smoking during pregnancy (50.9%), compared with 14.4% of non-Indigenous women who gave birth.

Labour and delivery

About 3.8% of women who gave birth during 2009 identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Indigenous mothers are younger than non-Indigenous mothers; their average age was 25.3 years, compared with 30.2 years for non-Indigenous mothers. Smoking during pregnancy was reported by half (49.6%) of Indigenous mothers. Of Indigenous mothers who gave birth at 32 weeks or more gestation, 76.8% attended 5 or more antenatal visits.

Baby outcomes

In 2009, 8.2% of babies were born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) and 0.9% post-term (42 weeks gestation or more). Overall, 6.2% of liveborn babies were of low birthweight (less than 2,500 grams) and this nearly doubled (10.8%) among mothers who smoking during pregnancy. Less than 1.5% of liveborn babies had a low Apgar score (measure of the baby’s condition at birth). The perinatal death rate was 9.8 per 1,000 births in 2009, which comprised fetal and neonatal death rates of 7.8 per 1,000 births and 3.0 per 1,000 live births respectively.

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