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  1. Overview
  2. Duration of pregnancy at first antenatal visit, NSW 2018–2022
  3. Downloads
  4. Notes
  5. Related links

Overview

Between 2018 and 2022, the percentage of pregnant women in NSW who commenced antenatal care at less than 14 weeks gestation increased from 77.6% to 79.4%. In 2022, 92.5% of pregnant women in NSW commenced antenatal care at less than 20 weeks gestation.​

Duration of pregnancy at first antenatal visit, NSW 2018–2022

By number of births

Duration of pregnancy (weeks)20182019202020212022
0–1373110746527301078542n.p.
14–191354612318119361247611821
20+69326111549760725824
Not stated582677797916n.p.
Total9417093758912409800690417

By percentage of births

Duration of pregnancy (weeks)20182019202020212022
0–1377.679.680.080.1n.p.
14–1914.413.113.112.713.1
20+7.46.56.06.26.4
Not stated0.60.70.90.9n.p.
Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Downloads

Notes

Source: NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.

n.p. Not publishable because of small numbers, confidentiality or other concerns about the quality of the data.

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Current as at: Wednesday 31 July 2024
Contact page owner: Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence