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INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FERTILITY

In 2009 the TFR for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (2.57 babies per woman) was lower than that for New Zealand Maori women (2.80) (Statistics New Zealand, 2009). In 2007, the latest year for which American Indian fertility rates are available, the TFR for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women was 0.6 babies per woman higher than that of American Indian women (1.83) (United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2007).

These differences are reflected in age-specific fertility rates for the different populations. Higher fertility rates were experienced by Maori women in most age groups.

3.9 Indigenous fertility rates, Selected countries
		American Indian women	New Zealand Maori women	Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
		2007(a)	2009	2007	2009
Age-specific fertility rates(b)
	15-19 years(c)	60.2	71.6	70.0	78.8
	20-24 years	116.8	155.9	142.5	151.8
	25-29 years	96.4	143.8	125.5	132.3
	30-34 years	64.0	108.9	89.7	94.3
	35-39 years	29.5	62.1	43.1	46.6
	40-44 years	6.1	16.8	8.2	10.8
	45-49 years(d)	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.4
Total fertility rate		1.829	2.800	2.399	2.575
(a) Final data for 2007.
(b) Births per 1,000 women.
(c) Includes births to mothers aged less than 15 years.
(d) Includes births to mothers aged 50 years and over.
Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centre for Health Statistics, <http://www.cdc.gov> for American Indian data. Statistics New Zealand <http://www.stats.govt.nz> for New Zealand Maori data.