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AIHW - Teenage Mothers - Low Birthweight Babies Born to Women who Gave Birth Aged Younger than 20 Years (PHN) 2015

Created 31/07/2025

Updated 31/07/2025

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This dataset presents the percentage of low birthweight babies (less than 2,500 grams) born to women who gave birth aged younger than 20 years, by the mother's usual place of residence. The data spans the year of 2015 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data is sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC) and historical data for time trends. Where the term 'teenage mother' is used the analysis is based on women who gave birth aged under 20. 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. The Teenage Mothers in Australia data accompanies the Teenage Mothers in Australia 2015 Report. For further information about this dataset, visit the data source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Teenage Mothers in Australia 2015 Data Tables. Please note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

Excludes women not usually resident in Australia or whose usual residence was 'Not stated'.

Values assigned <5 or n.p. in the original data have been set to null.

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Title AIHW - Teenage Mothers - Low Birthweight Babies Born to Women who Gave Birth Aged Younger than 20 Years (PHN) 2015
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/780e7c38-48a7-47e5-a9af-c5e6a9855975
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
Contact Point
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "AIHW - Teenage Mothers - Low Birthweight Babies Born to Women who Gave Birth Aged Younger than 20 Years (PHN) 2015". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-aihw-aihw-teenage-mothers-low-birthweight-bby-phn-2015-phn2015