Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016. Australia's mothers and babies 2014—in brief. Cat. no. PER 87. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Australia's mothers and babies 2014—in brief. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's mothers and babies 2014—in brief. AIHW, 2016.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's mothers and babies 2014—in brief. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Australia's mothers and babies 2014—in brief, AIHW, Canberra.
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Australia’s mothers and babies 2014—in brief presents key statistics and trends on pregnancy and childbirth of mothers, and the characteristics and outcomes of their babies. This publication is designed to accompany the perinatal data visualisations.
63 per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15–44) gave birth in 2014 compared with 59 per 1,000 a decade earlier in 2004
Almost 308,000 women gave birth to more than 312,500 babies in 2014
1 in 7 babies were admitted to a special care nursery or neonatal intensive care unit in 2014
52% of mothers over 40 gave birth by caesarean section, 3 times as high as teenage mothers (18%)
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