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STATES AND TERRITORIES Age-specific fertility rates In 2009, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 20-24 years recorded the highest fertility rate of all age groups in all states and territories, excluding Victoria. The highest fertility rates recorded for this age group were in Queensland and Western Australia (both 187 babies per 1,000 women). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 25-29 years recorded the highest fertility rate in Victoria and the second highest fertility rate in all other states and territories. Indigenous teenage fertility rates Of the 12,100 births registered to teenage women in Australia in 2009, 21% (2,400 births) were to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Of the 390 births registered to teenage women in the Northern Territory in 2009, 79% (310 births) were to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. The teenage fertility rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women living in Western Australia was 103 babies per 1,000 women, more than six times the rate of all teenage women in Australia (17 babies per 1,000 women). Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers experienced the second highest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenage fertility rate of the states and territories (100 babies per 1,000 women), followed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers in Northern Territory (88 babies per 1,000 women).
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