This report summarises data from the 2012 Northern Territory (NT) Midwives’ Collection. It includes population characteristics of mothers, maternal health status, antenatal information, conditions and procedures used in labour and childbirth as well as birth outcomes of all births that occurred in 2012. While the NT Midwives’ Collection contains information on both NT residents and interstate residents who gave birth in the NT, the focus of this report is on NT residents who gave birth in the NT. Unless otherwise stated, the following key findings are for NT residents only.

Statistics presented in this report were calculated using data from the NT Cancer Register (cancer incidence and survival rates), the national deaths dataset (cancer death rates), the NT Pap Smear Register (cervical screening participation rates and related statistics), the breastScreenNT (breast screening participation rates) and the National BreastScreen Program performance reports.

This report provides a detailed overview of perinatal trends and changes to the health profile of NT resident mothers and babies, for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, across the 20-year period from 1986 to 2005.