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Maternal deaths in Australia

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Last updated: 26 Nov 2019
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Maternal deaths in Australia. Cat. no. PER 99. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 December 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). 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, 26 November 2019, 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, 2019 [cited 2019 Dec. 12]. 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 2017 was 6 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth.

From 2008 to 2017, there were 248 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 2008.

  • Cat. no: PER 99
Findings from this report:
  • The most common causes of maternal deaths in Australia are heart disease and non-obstetric haemorrhage

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have a higher incidence of maternal death than non-Indigenous women

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Maternal deaths in Australia

26 Nov 2019

Previous releases

  • 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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