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Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief
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Topic: Mothers & babies
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2020) Australia’s mothers and babies 2018—in brief, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 June 2026.
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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:
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Around 298,600 women gave birth to more than 303,000 babies in 2018
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44% of Indigenous mothers smoked during pregnancy in 2018 compared with 52% in 2009
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13% of women who gave birth in 2018 had gestational diabetes
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Mothers aged 40 and over almost 3 times as likely to have a caesarean section as mothers aged under 20 (54% and 20%)