State and territory of birth

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 below presents statistics on all 12 National Core Maternal Indicators by the state or territory in which a mother gave birth. Click the Data tables button to view data between 2011 and 2020 and use the drop-down menu to see how each indicator’s data have changed during this time.

NCMIs by state and territory of birth

The chart shows the latest data for each state and territory and includes an interactive map of Australia. Indicators can be selected using a drop down menu. The first indicator listed shows the proportion of all women who gave birth who smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2020. Overall for Australia, 8.8% of all women who gave birth smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2020. The percentage of women who gave birth who smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2020 across the states and territories varied between 5.2% and 20%.