Maternal age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers

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  1. Overview
  2. Maternal age, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers, NSW 2018–2022
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  4. Notes
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Overview

The percentage of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women who gave birth in NSW and were teenagers fell from 11.5% in 2018 to 8.6% in 2022. The percentage of non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women who gave birth in NSW and were teenagers fell from 1.5% in 2018 to 1.0% in 2022. The percentage of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women who gave birth in NSW aged 35 years or over has increased slightly from 9.9% in 2018 to 10.7% in 2022. The percentage of non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women who gave birth in NSW aged 35 years or over has increased slightly from 25.8% in 2018 to 28.6% in 2022.​

Maternal age, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers, NSW 2018–2022

By number of births

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander mothers

Maternal age (years)20182019202020212022
12–19485464438444422
20–3433133532359740343976
35+415419468545527
Not stated01301
Total42134416450650234926

Non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander​ mothers

Maternal age (years)20182019202020212022
12-1913041135994907807
20–346518464071617416508759452
35+2316723745231872583424188
Not stated166291410
Total8967188957859519184284457

By percentage of births

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander​ mothers

Maternal age (years)20182019202020212022
12–1911.510.59.78.88.6
20–3478.680.079.880.380.7
35+9.99.510.410.910.7
Not stated0.00.00.10.00.0
Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander​ ​mothers

Maternal age (years)20182019202020212022
12–191.51.31.21.01.0
20–3472.772.071.870.970.4
35+25.826.727.028.128.6
Not stated0.00.00.00.00.0
Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Downloads

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. ​Table excludes 3,629 mothers where the mother’s Aboriginality was not stated.

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