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In 2010, 64 women out of every 1000 aged between 15 and 44 gave birth that year. In 2020, that number has dropped to 56.
In 2020, there were 295,796 babies born to 291,712 mothers, meaning there were more deaths than births in the country.But so long as Australia keeps taking in migrants, the population will not go into decline, University of Melbourne professor of demography Peter McDonald told"The replacement level for birth is roughly two births for women. We're about 1.5."The average age of mothers giving birth has risen from 30.0 years to 30.9 years.
"The proportion of mothers accessing antenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy has steadily increased over time from 63 per cent in 2012 to 79 per cent in 2020."There has not been a substantial change to maternal mortality, with the number of women dying giving birth fluctuating from year to year.
Fewer than eight women out of every 100,000 die as a direct or indirect result of pregnancy and labour.Ninety-six per cent of births take place in hospitals, with three in four in a public hospital.About 0.7 per cent gave birth elsewhere, such as on their way to the hospital.Continue reading
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