Onset of labour
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Please note that these indicators are not currently up to date and will be replaced shortly with dashboards. In the meantime the most currently available data is available at https://www.data.act.gov.au or contact healthinfo@act.gov.au
Commentary
- Onset of labour can be spontaneous, induced or no labour (where a caesarean section is performed before the onset of labour.
- In 2021, 46.0% of women in the ACT had a spontaneous onset of labour and 31.0% were induced.
Chart
Births by onset of labour, ACT births, 2012 to 2021
Data
To access the data, select "View source data" link at the bottom of the visualisation. This link will open up a data table that you can download.