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Maternal deaths in Australia

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Last updated: 14 Dec 2020
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Maternal deaths in Australia. Cat. no. PER 99. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 19 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Maternal deaths in Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia

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Maternal deaths in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 14 December 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Maternal deaths in Australia [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2021 Jan. 19]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia

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The maternal mortality rate in Australia in 2018 was 5 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth.

In the decade from 2009 to 2018, there were 251 women reported to have died during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy and a maternal mortality rate of 6.7 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth. These deaths are reviewed in this report along with contextual information for maternal deaths in Australia since 2009.

  • DOI: Link to DOI: 10.25816/7q4e-g697
  • Cat. no: PER 99
Findings from this report:
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have a higher incidence of maternal death than non-Indigenous women

  • The most common cause of maternal death for 2018 was cardiovascular disease

  • The MMR for Australia in 2018 was the lowest in the past decade

  • Maternal death was more common in the highest and lowest maternal age groups

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Maternal deaths in Australia

14 Dec 2020

Previous releases

  • Maternal deaths in Australia 2015-2017 28 Apr 2020
  • Maternal deaths in Australia 2012–2014 08 Dec 2017
  • Maternal deaths in Australia 2008–2012 10 Jun 2015
  • Maternal deaths in Australia 2006-2010 19 Aug 2014
  • Maternal deaths in Australia 2003-2005 02 May 2008
  • Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002 18 Oct 2006
  • Maternal deaths in Australia 1997-1999 12 Aug 2004
  • Report on maternal deaths in Australia 1994-96 21 Sep 2001

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