Local health district of residence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers

Overview

In NSW, the reported number of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander mothers who gave birth in 2022 ranged from 37 in Northern Sydney Local Health District to 1,340 in Hunter New England Local Health District.

Local health district of residence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers, NSW 2018–2022

By number of births

Local Health District	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Sydney	109	107	116	120	110
South Western Sydney	351	301	369	412	423
South Eastern Sydney	122	132	137	132	134
Illawarra Shoalhaven	262	264	308	313	287
Western Sydney	287	274	291	326	353
Nepean Blue Mountains	234	281	287	315	281
Northern Sydney	36	51	46	51	37
Central Coast	242	220	255	280	272
Hunter New England	1085	1141	1179	1334	1340
Northern NSW	226	278	226	272	231
Mid North Coast	265	317	268	334	315
Southern NSW	97	98	104	98	99
Murrumbidgee	234	225	228	231	214
Western NSW	599	646	626	738	761
Far West	31	43	36	40	40
Other–not stated	33	38	30	27	29
Total	4213	4416	4506	5023	4926

By percentage of births

Local Health District	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Sydney	2.6	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.2
South Western Sydney	8.3	6.8	8.2	8.2	8.6
South Eastern Sydney	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.6	2.7
Illawarra Shoalhaven	6.2	6.0	6.8	6.2	5.8
Western Sydney	6.8	6.2	6.5	6.5	7.2
Nepean Blue Mountains	5.6	6.4	6.4	6.3	5.7
Northern Sydney	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.8
Central Coast	5.7	5.0	5.7	5.6	5.5
Hunter New England	25.8	25.8	26.2	26.6	27.2
Northern NSW	5.4	6.3	5.0	5.4	4.7
Mid North Coast	6.3	7.2	5.9	6.6	6.4
Southern NSW	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.0	2.0
Murrumbidgee	5.6	5.1	5.1	4.6	4.3
Western NSW	14.2	14.6	13.9	14.7	15.4
Far West	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8
Other–not stated	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

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Notes

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.

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