Low Birthweight Proportions For ACT Resident Women 2004-2015

ACT Government Open Data provides the proportion of live-born babies with low birthweight for women resident in the Australian Capital Territory. The dataset covers annual statistics from 2004 to 2015, sourced from the ACT Maternal Perinatal Data Collection and the AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in the low birthweight proportion from 2004 to 2015 for public health monitoring.
• Benchmark ACT low birthweight proportions against other jurisdictions using the defined resident women geography.
• Model potential demographic or healthcare factors influencing the annual low birthweight percentage.

Strengths

• Data covers a 12-year time range from 2004 to 2015.
• Sourced from two authoritative collections: ACT Maternal Perinatal and AIHW National Perinatal.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single geographic area (ACT resident women).
• Data is not recent, with the latest year being 2015.

Provenance

Source

ACT Health, Epidemiology Section, Maternal Perinatal Data Collection and AIHW National Perinatal Data Collection.

Collection Method

Combination of unpublished data from ACT Health and published data from AIHW.

Time Range

2004–15

Freshness

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Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) resident women.