In 2022, 2.6% of liveborn babies of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander mothers in NSW had an Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes, which is higher than the rate of 1.8% for liveborn babies of non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander mothers.
Apgar score, liveborn babies of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers, NSW 2018–2022
Source: NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.
Due to under-reporting of Aboriginal mothers to the Perinatal Data Collection, it is likely that the true numbers of mothers and babies are higher than shown. For more information refer to Estimated level of reporting. Table excludes 3,663 mothers where the mother’s Aboriginality was not stated.
