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Australia's mothers and babies 2016—in brief
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Topic: Mothers & babies
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2018) Australia's mothers and babies 2016—in brief, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 June 2026.
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Australia’s mothers and babies 2016: 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.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-404-1
- Cat. no: PER 97
- Pages: 71
Findings from this report:
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Around 310,200 women gave birth to almost 314,800 babies in 2016
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43% of Indigenous mothers smoked during pregnancy in 2016 compared with 50% in 2009
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12% of women who gave birth in 2016 had gestational diabetes
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1 in 3 mothers had a caesarean section in 2016