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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies

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Last updated: 26 May 2023
Topic: Mothers & babies
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 September 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies . Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/indigenous-mothers-babies

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies . Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 26 May 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/indigenous-mothers-babies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2023 [cited 2023 Sep. 28]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/indigenous-mothers-babies

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2023, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies , viewed 28 September 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/indigenous-mothers-babies

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  • Contents

    • About
    • Summary
      • Artwork story
    • Introduction
      • Cultural determinants of health
      • Social determinants of health
      • Health system access, cultural safety and health workforce
      • Woman-centred care and Birthing on Country
    • Demographics
      • Birth rate
      • Geography
      • Remoteness area
      • Socioeconomic status
      • Maternal age
      • Parity
    • Antenatal period
      • Antenatal care
      • Risk factors
      • Maternal medical conditions
    • Labour and birth
      • Place of birth
      • Onset of labour
      • Method of birth
      • Analgesia
      • Perineal status
      • Maternal length of stay in hospital
    • Outcomes for babies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers
      • Plurality
      • Gestational age
      • Birthweight
      • Birthweight adjusted for gestational age
      • Active resuscitation method
      • Baby length of stay in hospital
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies summary
    • Maternal and perinatal mortality
    • Maternal and perinatal outcomes modelling
    • Technical notes
      • Data sources
      • Data availability
      • Methods
  • Notes
  • Data
  • Related material

 Demographics

In 2020, 4.9% (14,384) of females who gave birth in Australia identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Of these, 4.5% (13,050) identified as Aboriginal, 0.2% (588) identified as Torres Strait Islander and 0.3% (746) identified as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

For this report Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander females who gave birth are grouped together.

In 2020, the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females giving birth was 75 per 1,000 females of reproductive age

Birth rate

In 2020, almost 2 in 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers lived in New South Wales or Queensland

Geography

In 2020, nearly 1 in 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers lived in remote or very remote areas

Remoteness area

In 2020, 44% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers lived in the most disadvantaged areas

Socioeconomic status

In 2020, the average age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers was 26.5 years

Maternal age

In 2020, 6.1% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers had a parity of 5 or more

Parity

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