Premature babies
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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
- Babies who are born at less than 37 weeks gestation are considered pre-term. The percentage of babies born at less than 37 weeks gestation remained stable between 2012 and 2021, ranging from 7.0% to 8.3%.
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Babies born at less than 37 weeks gestation, ACT, 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.