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.
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.
