Australia's mothers and babies 2015—in brief, Table of contents - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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Release Date: 26 Oct 2017
Author: AIHW

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Australia’s mothers and babies 2015—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.

ISSN: 2205-5134 (PDF) 1321-8336 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-76054-210-8
Cat. no: PER 91
Pages: 69

Findings from this report:

Around 1 in 3 women who gave birth in 2015 did not access antenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy
6.5% of liveborn babies were low birthweight (<2,500 grams) in 2015 and 8.6% of all babies were pre-term
Two-thirds of mothers had a vaginal birth and one-third had a caesarean section in 2015
Almost 1 in 10 women who gave birth in 2015 had gestational diabetes

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
5 Key statistics and trends
Glossary
Abbreviations
References
Acknowledgments
Appendixes | Australia’s mothers and babies 2015—in brief Appendixes A to D
- Appendix A: About the National Perinatal Data Collection
- Appendix B: Perinatal national minimum data set items
- Appendix C: State and territory perinatal data collections
- Appendix D: Data quality, methods and interpretation
- References

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