PHIDU - Mothers and Babies (PHA) 2010-2015

This dataset, released April 2017, contains mother and babies statistics relating to Low birth weight babies, 2012 to 2014; Smoking during pregnancy, 2012 to 2014; Breastfeeding (modelled estimates), 2014-15; Fully breastfed babies at 3 and 6 months, 2014-15; Children who first ate soft, semi-solid or solid food before 4 months of age, 2014-15. The data is by Population Health Area (PHA) 2016 geographic boundaries based on the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Population Health Areas, developed by PHIDU, are comprised of a combination of whole SA2s and multiple (aggregates of) SA2s, where the SA2 is an area in the ABS structure. For more information please see the data source notes on the data. Source: Compiled by PHIDU based on data from: NSW Department of Health; Consultative Council on Obstetric andPaediatric Mortality and Morbidity, Victoria; Perinatal Data Collection, Department of Health, Queensland;Department of Health and Ageing SA; WA Department of Health; Tasmanian Perinatal Database; NT Department ofHealth; ACT Health. AURIN has spatially enabled the original data. Data that was not shown/not applicable/not published/not available for the specific area ('#', '..', '^', 'np, 'n.a.', 'n.y.a.' in original PHIDU data) was removed.It has been replaced by by Blank cells. For other keys and abbreviations refer to PHIDU Keys.