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Table 2 Number of planned homebirths as a proportion of all births, 1999 to 2004, Victoria, NSW and Queensland

From: Australia's insurance crisis and the inequitable treatment of self-employed midwives

 

Year

Number of planned home births

Total number of births

Planned home births as proportion of all births

Victoria

1999

132

61 586

0.21%

 

2000

113

61 569

0.18%

 

2001

126

61 064

0.21%

 

2002

161

61 959

0.26%

 

2003

152

62 305

0.24%

 

2004

181

62 348

0.29%

NSW

1999

139

85 967

0.16%

 

2000

108

86 460

0.13%

 

2001

144

84 379

0.17%

 

2002

99

84 587

0.12%

 

2003

109

85 032

0.13%

 

2004

93

84 288

0.11%

Queensland

1999

164

48 042

0.34%

 

2000

126

48 524

0.26%

 

2001

102

48 908

0.21%

 

2002

61

48 324

0.13%

 

2003

67

49 512

0.14%

 

2004

57

50 051

0.12%

  1. Source: [82-92]