This dataset presents the footprint of the percentage of all women who gave birth and smoked during pregnancy. The data spans every two years between 2012-2016 and is aggregated to Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) geographic areas from the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).
The Child and Maternal Health Indicators have been calculated from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database and Register of Births and National Perinatal Data Collection. This measure has been calculated with the numerator as the total number of mothers who smoked during pregnancy, and the denominator as the total number of mothers with a stated smoking status.
For further information about this dataset, visit the data source:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Child and Maternal Health Data Tables.
Please note:
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AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.
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Data at the area level exclude births to Australian non-residents and women who could not be allocated because their usual residence was not stated or was not valid.
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A woman's smoking status during pregnancy is self-reported.
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Percentage for an area are suppressed for publication and marked as 'NP' if the number of mothers with a stated smoking status for the area is less than 100.