Between 2018 and 2022, the percentage of pregnant Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women in NSW who commenced antenatal care at less than 14 weeks gestation increased from 73.6% to 79.1%, and the percentage that commenced antenatal care at less than 20 weeks gestation increased from 86.9% to 88.4%. By contrast, 79.4% of pregnant non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women in NSW commenced antenatal care at less than 14 weeks gestation in 2022 and 92.7% at less than 20 weeks gestation.
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 3,629 mothers where the mother’s Aboriginality was not stated.
