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Australia's mothers and babies

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Last updated: 23 Nov 2023
Topic: Mothers & babies
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Australia's mothers and babies, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 November 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). 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, 23 November 2023, 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, 2023 [cited 2023 Nov. 29]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2023, Australia's mothers and babies, viewed 29 November 2023, 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
      • Maternal body mass index
      • Maternal medical conditions
    • Labour and birth
      • Place of birth
      • Onset of labour
      • Method of birth
      • Analgesia
      • Anaesthesia
      • Presentation
      • Perineal status
      • Maternal length of stay in hospital
    • Baby outcomes
      • Gestational age
      • Birthweight
      • Birthweight adjusted for gestational age
      • Apgar score at 5 minutes
      • Active resuscitation method
      • Admission to a special care nursery or neonatal intensive care unit
      • Baby length of stay in hospital
      • Preliminary perinatal deaths
    • Focus population groups
      • First Nations mothers and babies
      • Mothers aged under 20 and their babies
      • Mothers aged 35 and over and their babies
      • Mothers who have multiple births and their babies
    • Stillbirths and neonatal deaths
    • Maternal deaths
    • Breastfeeding
    • Technical notes
      • Terminology
      • Data sources
      • Perinatal National Minimum Data Set items
      • State and territory perinatal data collections
      • Data timeliness
      • Data quality and availability
      • Definitions
      • Methods
      • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Data
  • Related material
  • Archived content

Labour and birth

This section looks at key aspects of the labour and birthing process, including the onset of labour, place of birth, method of birth, Robson classification of caesarean sections, analgesia and anaesthesia administration, presentation and perineal status.

Place of birth

Place of birth includes births that occurred in hospitals, birth centres and at home

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Onset of labour

Onset of labour refers to the manner in which labour started. Labour can occur spontaneously or may be induced by medical or surgical intervention

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Method of birth

Method of birth refers to how the baby was delivered, this may be vaginally or by caesarean section

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Analgesia

Analgesia is used to relieve pain during labour

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Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia is used to relieve pain during operative delivery, that is, a caesarean section or instrumental vaginal birth

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Presentation

Presentation refers to the anatomical part of the baby that is facing down the birth canal at birth

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Perineal status

Perineal status refers to the state of the perineum following vaginal birth

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Last updated 17/08/2023 v1.0

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