2.5 Country of Birth
Table 2.5: Trends in Maternal Country of Birth, All Confinements, 1985-2004
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Maternal Country of Birth*
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1985n= 60,468
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1990n= 66,004
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1995n= 62,734
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2000n= 61,562
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2001n= 61,064
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2002n= 61,964
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2003n= 62,305
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2004n= 62,348
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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Australia
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75.7
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75.4
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75.1
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75.7
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76.3
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76.6
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76.1
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76.0
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Oceania inc NZ
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1.6
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2.4
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2.3
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2.5
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2.7
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2.6
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2.7
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2.7
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UK inc Eire
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5.8
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5.2
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4.3
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3.2
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3.1
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2.9
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2.8
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2.7
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Europe
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7.9
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5.7
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4.1
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3.5
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3.3
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3.2
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3.2
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3.0
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Mid East
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2.0
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2.3
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2.4
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2.3
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2.2
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2.3
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2.3
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2.3
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Asia
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5.0
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6.7
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9.3
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10.1
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9.3
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9.3
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9.6
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9.8
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North America
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0.5
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0.5
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0.5
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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South America
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0.3
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0.5
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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0.6
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Africa
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1.0
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1.1
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1.2
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1.5
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1.7
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1.7
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1.8
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2.0
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*excludes 1,046 cases with unknown maternal country of birth
- The number of Australian-born women having babies has remained steady since 1985, with figures fluctuating between 75% to 76.6% of all women giving birth in Victoria.
- A further breakdown of the Asian born mothers shows that in 2004, 56.6% of these women came from South East Asia, 18.6% from North East Asia and 25.2% from Southern Asia.