Notes

Amendments

15 May 2026 – The following changes have been made:

  • Updated analysis tip for REMOTE2011, REMOTE2016, REMOTE2021, SEIFA2011, SEIFA2016 and SEIFA2021 from “limited to STATE” to “limited to STATE_RES”.
  • Updated analysis tip for DIABSTAT and HYPTSTAT from “2020 onwards” to “2018 onwards”.

7 November 2025 – On the Alcohol page, incorrect values were being displayed in the ‘National’ view of Figure 8 under the ‘Alcohol consumption status’ data item. These values have been updated to correctly display that 95% of national data were 'Not supplied’ between 2009–2014.

Acknowledgements

This 2023 update was prepared by Kyle Miller, Natalie Sandlant, and Ingrid Evans of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), with valuable input from Louise Catanzariti, Kathryn Sedgwick and Adrian Webster. Joshua Alexander, Denae Cotter and Deanna Eldridge are acknowledged for their significant contribution to the original product.

A large number of stakeholders provided valuable advice and input to the National Perinatal Data Collection and to this report, including the National Perinatal Data Development Committee and the National Maternity Data Development Project Advisory Group and, in particular, staff from the state and territory health departments who provided data.

For more information see State and territory perinatal collections.

The AIHW also acknowledges the time, effort and expertise of all maternity staff in collecting and providing the data for the National Perinatal Data Collection.