Maternal age

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  1. Overview
  2. Maternal age, NSW 2018–2022
  3. Mothers aged less than 20 years and 35 years and over, NSW 2018–2022
  4. Downloads
  5. Notes
  6. Related links

Overview

The percentage of women who gave birth in NSW and were teenagers fell from 1.9% in 2018 to 1.4% in 2022. Between 2018 and 2022, the percentage of women who gave birth in NSW aged 35 years or ​over rose from 25.1​% to 27.8%

Between 2018 and 2022 the mean maternal age for women who gave birth in NSW rose from 30.9 to 31.4. The mean maternal age for primiparous women who gave birth between 2018 and 2022 rose from 29.5 to 30.1 years and for multiparous women rose from 31.9 to 32.3 years.

The percentage of women who gave birth in NSW for the first time aged 35 years or over was 17.2% in 2018 and 19.6% in 2022. The percentage of multiparous women who gave birth aged 35 years or over was 31.1% in 2018 and 34.2% in 2022

Maternal age, NSW 2018–2022

By number of births

Maternal age (years)20182019202020212022
Less than 15999106
15–1917831595142313471228
20–2499719833910188998104
25–292458124080231032414521951
30–343412933951336323675733990
35–391932019801195852208020401
40–4440224153406845304432
45+339329287223294
Not stated167321511
Total9417093758912409800690417

By percentage of births

Maternal age (years)20182019202020212022
Less than 150.00.00.00.00.0
15–191.91.71.61.41.4
20–2410.6
10.510.09.19.0
25–2926.125.725.324.624.3
30–3436.236.236.937.537.6
35–3920.521.121.522.522.6
40–444.34.44.54.64.9
45+0.40.40.30.20.3
Not stated0.00.00.00.00.0
Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
 

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Notes

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

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