ACT Women Smoking During Pregnancy Rates 2004-2015

Australian Capital Territory data shows the annual proportion of resident women who smoked during pregnancy from 2004 to 2015. The dataset is sourced from the ACT Maternal Perinatal Data Collection and the AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection, compiled by the ACT Government's Strategic Portfolio and Data Excellence team.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the annual proportion of pregnant smokers over the 2004-2015 period for public health monitoring.
• Correlate smoking during pregnancy rates with other maternal health indicators from the ACT Maternal Perinatal Data Collection.
• Benchmark ACT smoking during pregnancy proportions against other Australian jurisdictions using AIHW national data.

Strengths

• Provides a 12-year time series (2004-2015) for longitudinal trend analysis.
• Sourced from two authoritative health data collections: ACT Maternal Perinatal and AIHW National Perinatal.

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to the Australian Capital Territory, not nationally representative.
• Data is unpublished from the primary ACT source, potentially limiting detail and verification.
• The most recent data point is from 2015, representing stale information for current analysis.

Provenance

Source

ACT Health Epidemiology Section and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Collection Method

Combined from the ACT Maternal Perinatal Data Collection (unpublished) and the AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection (published).

Time Range

2004 to 2015.

Freshness

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Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT).