3301.0 - Births, Australia, 2013 
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Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 23/10/2014
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BIRTHS There were 308,065 births registered in Australia in 2013, approximately 1,500 (0.5%) less than the number registered in 2012 (309,582). Just over half (52%) of all births registered in 2013 were male babies, resulting in a sex ratio at birth of 106.3 male births per 100 female births.  Source(s): Births, Australia The median age of all mothers for births registered in 2013 was 30.8 years, while the median age of fathers was 33.0 years.  Footnote(s): (a) Where age is known. (b) Not available for 1974 and earlier years. Source(s): Births, Australia The median age of first-time mothers in 2013 was 29.3 years, 63% of whom were married at the time of giving birth. Of all births registered in 2013, 66% of births were to parents in a registered marriage. For more information see data cube Table 1: Births, Summary, States and territories - 2003 to 2013, from the Downloads tab. The number of confinements resulting in a multiple birth has remained fairly consistent for the past decade, with a slight increase in 2013 from the previous year. In 2013, there were 4,550 confinements resulting in a multiple birth. This was 36% higher than the number recorded in 1991 (3,355 confinements), and 1.6% higher than the number recorded in 2012 (4,480 confinements). In 2013, 75 confinements were triplets or higher order. For more information see data cube Table 10: Multiple births, States and territories - 2003 to 2013, from the Downloads tab.
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