The National Core Maternity Indicators (NCMIs) associated with the antenatal period present information on measures of clinical activity and mother’s risk factors between 2011 and 2020.
Data for each indicator are presented by jurisdiction of birth, and at the national level by hospital annual number of births, hospital sector, and mother’s Indigenous status. Some indicators are presented by remoteness, disadvantage quintile and other data groupings where relevant.
During the antenatal period
In 2020, fewer than 1 in 10 women (8.8%) smoked in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, continuing a downward trend from 13% in 2011. Almost three-quarters (74%) of women who previously reported smoking continued to smoke after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The proportion of women receiving antenatal care in the first trimester (3 to 13 weeks of pregnancy) has increased in most jurisdictions between 2011 and 2020. In 2020, almost 4 in 5 women (79%) received antenatal care in their first trimester and 59% attended antenatal care within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Antenatal period indicators by proportion for baseline year and 2020
| Measure |
|
Baseline
year |
Baseline
(%) |
Current year
2020 (%) |
|
PI01
|
Tobacco smoking in pregnancy
- in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy for all women giving birth
- after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy for all women who gave birth and reported smoking during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy
|
2011
2011
|
13
71
|
8.8
74
|
|
PI02
|
Antenatal care
- in the first trimester for all women giving birth
- in the first 10 weeks for all women giving birth
|
2011
2011
|
66
38
|
79
59
|