National Core Maternity Indicators Dashboard

Notes:

1. Data excludes mothers whose smoking status was not stated.
2. Mother’s tobacco smoking status during pregnancy is self-reported.
3. Data excludes NSW in 2021 and 2022, and ACT in 2023. Care should be taken when comparing data over time.
4. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
5. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Records with missing or invalid data for gestational age at first antenatal visit were removed from the denominator. The valid range for gestational age is 3–46 weeks.
2. Data excludes ACT in 2023. Care should be taken when comparing data over time.
3. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
4. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Selected women include those aged between 20 and 34 years, whose baby’s gestational age at birth was between 37 and 40 completed weeks, with a singleton baby in the vertex presentation.
2. 'Induced' may include cases where induction of labour was attempted but labour did not result.
3. Data for selected women criteria were not available for Victoria for 2009, and Tasmania for 2012. Care should be taken when comparing data across time.
4. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
5. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Selected women include those aged between 20 and 34 years, whose baby’s gestational age at birth was between 37 and 40 completed weeks, with a singleton baby in the vertex presentation.
2. From 2004 to 2006, non-instrumental vaginal births included 'Spontaneous vaginal' or 'Vaginal breech' births. From 2007 onwards, non-instrumental vaginal births included 'Vaginal—non-instrumental' births. Data prior to 2007 should be interpreted with caution.
3. For NSW, WA (prior to 2016) and the NT, 'Non-instrumental vaginal' includes all women who had a vaginal breech birth, whether or not instruments were used. For the remaining jurisdictions, vaginal breech births are included only where instruments were not used.
4. Instrumental vaginal births include forceps and vacuum extraction.
5. Data for selected women criteria were not available for Victoria for 2009, and Tasmania for 2012. Care should be taken when comparing data across time.
6. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
7. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. For multiple births, the perineal status after the birth of the first-born baby was used.
2. For multiple births, the method of birth of the first-born baby was used.
3. From 2004 to 2006, non-instrumental vaginal births included 'Spontaneous vaginal' or 'Vaginal breech' births. From 2007 onwards, non-instrumental vaginal births included 'Vaginal—non-instrumental' births. Data prior to 2007 should be interpreted with caution.
4. Instrumental vaginal births include forceps and vacuum extraction.
5. For NSW, WA (prior to 2016) and the NT, 'Non-instrumental vaginal' includes all women who had a vaginal breech birth, whether or not instruments were used. For the remaining jurisdictions, vaginal breech births are included only where instruments were not used.
6. Data from Victoria were not available for 2009 therefore any interpretation of 2009 national data or comparisons with other years should be made with caution.
7. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December
8. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Data were not available for Victoria in 2009 and ACT in 2023. Data for Victoria in 2010 were excluded due to a high proportion of not stated data. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.
2. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
3. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Only women whose second birth was a singleton birth are included.
2. From 2014, Caesarean section at most recent previous birth indicator data item was introduced into the Perinatal NMDS. Prior to this, a voluntary standard existed for the data item, Caesarean section indicator (last previous birth).
3. Data for Victoria in 2007 to 2009 were not available. Data for WA in 2013 were only provided for half a year. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.
4. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
5. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Includes liveborn babies only.
2. Some caution is required with interpretation of these percentages as the number of babies born at or after term with an Apgar score less than 7 is small.
3. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
4. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Babies (live and stillborn) with severe fetal growth restriction, defined as those weighing less than the third centile for gestational age and sex at birth, using national centile charts for the period 2004 to 2013 as published in Australia's mothers and babies. Birthweight centiles are not available for babies with indeterminate or not stated sex, not stated gestational age, or not stated birthweight.
2. Some caution is required with interpretation of reported percentages as the number of babies weighing less than the third centile born at 40 to 43 weeks gestation is small.
3. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
4. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. For multiple births, the perineal status after the birth of the first-born baby was used.
2. For multiple births, the method of birth of the first-born baby was used.
3. Some caution is required with interpretation of these percentages as the number of third and fourth degree tears is small.
4. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December.
5. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.

Notes:

1. Major primary postpartum haemorrhage is defined as blood loss of 1,000 mL or more within 24 hours of the birth of the baby.
2. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.
3. Data for major primary postpartum haemorrhage currently exclude SA. Data should be interpreted with caution.

Notes:

1. 1. Major primary postpartum haemorrhage is defined as blood loss of 1,000 mL or more within 24 hours of the birth of the baby.
2. In 2022, data for the ACT is based on their 2022 data for January to October, supplemented by their 2021 data for November and December. See ‘Technical notes, Data quality and availability’ for more information. Care should be taken if comparing data across time.
3. Data for major primary postpartum haemorrhage currently exclude SA. Data should be interpreted with caution.