Direct linkERIC Number: ED596451
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-May
Pages: 16
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ISBN: 978-1-76054-332-7
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Teenage Mothers in Australia 2015. Cat. No. PER 93
Cotter, Denae
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report presents key statistics and trends for teenage mothers and their babies in Australia. Teenage mothers and their babies are more likely to experience broader disadvantage, have antenatal risk factors and have poorer maternal and baby outcomes during and after birth, than older mothers and their babies. In Australia, the rate of teenage births has decreased between 2005 and 2015, from 17.5 births per 1,000 women to 11.4. In 2015, 8,268 babies were born to 8,203 teenage mothers aged less than 20, accounting for 2.7% of all mothers.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Pacific Islanders, Infants, Indigenous Populations, Socioeconomic Background, Birth Rate, Geographic Isolation, Disproportionate Representation, Health Services, Place of Residence, Economically Disadvantaged, Smoking, Prenatal Care, Birth, Premature Infants, Diabetes, Early Parenthood
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. GPO Box 570, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6244-1025; Fax: +61-2-6244-1299; e-mail: info@aihw.gov.au; Web site: http://www.aihw.gov.au
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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