Primary Health Network of mother's usual residence

A mother’s usual place of residence may be different to where she gives birth and can impact on access to health services.

The interactive data visualisation (Figure 2) presents statistics on all 12 National Core Maternal Indicators by the Primary Health Network (PHN) of the mother’s usual residence. Select the Data tables button to view data between 2012 and 2021 and use the drop-down menu to view data for each indicator.

Figure 2: National Core Maternity Indicators by Primary Health Network of mother’s usual residence

National Core Maternity Indicators by Primary Health Network (PHN) of mother’s usual residence

The chart shows the latest data for all 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs) for each indicator. The first indicator listed shows the proportion of all women who gave birth who smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2021. Overall for Australia, 8.3% of all women who gave birth smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2021. The percentage of women who gave birth who smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2021 across PHNs varied between 1.3% and 23%.