2023-06-30 12:04:28
CANBERRA, June 29 (Xinhua) — Thursday (June 29), a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, released Thursday. Revealed that the number of babies born was 315,705 in 2021, an increase of about 20,000 or 6.7 percent from 2020 and a record number.
The 2021 birth rate was 61 per 1000 women of childbearing age (ages 15-44), up from 56 in 2020, but still below the 2007 peak of 66 per 1000 women of childbearing age.
The average age of women giving birth for the first time was 29.7 years, up from 28.4 in 2011, as the Australian trend of slower births continues. One in four women who gave birth in 2021 were aged 35 or over.
According to the institute, most mothers aged 35 and over, including their babies, are in good health. Despite the higher risk of complications associated with pregnancy at an older age
In a statement, NIA spokeswoman Diana Eldridge said Australia continued to see a steady decline in the number of women smoking while pregnant.
Australia saw 8.7 per cent of women smoking while pregnant in 2021, down from 13 per cent in 2011. but who quit smoking after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy accounted for more than one in five
(Xinhua file photo: A woman holds a baby in Sydney, Australia, Sept. 8, 2019.)
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