Summary
Australia’s mothers and babies 2014—in brief presents an overview of the key statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Perinatal Data Collection. The AIHW’s online perinatal data visualisation complements this report and is available at Perinatal data.
Detailed supplementary tables, including state and territory data, are also available from the additional material tab. This report and the perinatal data visualisations are part of a comprehensive program of AIHW work in relation to maternal and perinatal care and outcomes. Other major projects are:
- National Core Maternity Indicators (NCMIs) data visualisations and reports. The NCMIs monitor the safety and quality of maternity care to ensure there is continual improvement following the introduction of the National Maternity Services Plan (AHMC 2011)
- National Maternity Data Development Project (NMDDP). The aim of the NMDDP is to build a more comprehensive and consistent national data collection for maternal and perinatal health, including data development of clinical data items and maternity models of care and the establishment of ongoing national maternal and perinatal mortality data collection and reporting. See Enhancing maternity data collection and reporting in Australia: National Maternity Data Development Project Stage 2.
Preliminary material: AIHW information on mothers and babies; The National Perinatal Data Collection
1 At a glance
Mothers at a glance
Babies at a glance
2 Mothers
Antenatal care
Smoking during pregnancy
Maternal health
Place of birth
Onset of labour
Method of birth
3 Babies
Gestational age
Birthweight
Low birthweight
Small for gestational age
Baby presentation and method of birth
Apgar scores
Resuscitation
Hospital births and length of stay
Admission to special care nurseries and neonatal intensive care units
Perinatal deaths
4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and their babies
Indigenous mothers
Babies of Indigenous mothers
Appendixes (385KB PDF)
Appendix A: Perinatal national minimum data set items
Appendix B: State and territory perinatal data collections
Appendix C: Data quality, methods and interpretation
End matter: Glossary; Abbreviations; References; Acknowledgments