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Australia's mothers and babies

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Last updated: 14 Dec 2022
Topic: Mothers & babies
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Australia's mothers and babies, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 February 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Australia's mothers and babies. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies

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Australia's mothers and babies. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 14 December 2022, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's mothers and babies [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2022 [cited 2023 Feb. 4]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies

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  • Contents
    • About
    • Summary
    • Demographics of mothers and babies
      • Key statistics and trends
      • Maternal age
      • Geography
      • Maternal country of birth
    • Antenatal period
      • Antenatal care
      • Smoking during pregnancy
      • Alcohol consumption during pregnancy
      • Body mass index
      • Maternal medical conditions
    • Labour and birth
      • Place of birth
      • Onset of labour
      • Method of birth
      • Analgesia
      • Anaesthesia
      • Presentation
      • Perineal status
    • Baby outcomes
      • Gestational age
      • Birthweight
      • Birthweight adjusted for gestational age
      • Apgar score at 5 minutes
      • Active resuscitation method
      • Baby length of stay in hospital
      • Admission to a special care nursery or neonatal intensive care unit
      • Preliminary perinatal deaths
    • Focus population groups
      • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies
      • Teenage mothers and their babies
      • Older mothers and their babies
      • Mothers who have multiple births and their babies
    • Stillbirths and neonatal deaths
    • Maternal deaths
    • Technical notes
      • Data sources
      • Perinatal National Minimum Data Set items
      • State and territory perinatal data collections
      • Data timeliness
      • Data quality and availability
      • Definitions
      • Methods
      • Acknowledgements
      • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Data
  • Related material
  • Archived content

Antenatal period

The antenatal period covers the time from conception until birth. This section looks at the duration of pregnancy at the mother’s first antenatal visit, the number of antenatal visits and maternal history and health, including previous caesarean section, smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index (BMI) and maternal medical conditions.

Antenatal care

Antenatal care is a planned visit between a pregnant woman and a midwife or doctor to assess and improve the wellbeing of the mother and baby throughout pregnancy

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Smoking during pregnancy

Smoking status is reported by the mother in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, after 20 weeks of pregnancy or at any time during pregnancy

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Alcohol consumption during pregnancy

Alcohol consumption is reported by the mother in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy and after 20 weeks of pregnancy

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Body mass index

The most commonly used method of assessing whether a person is normal weight, underweight, overweight or obese

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Medical conditions

Medical conditions include hypertension and diabetes, both pre-existing and conditions which are diagnosed during pregnancy

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