Table 4.
Identification of First Nations mothers and fathers, as documented in maternal medical record.
| Mercy n = 242 | Joan Kirner n = 387 | Women's n = 411 | Total n = 1040 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTHER | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Mother identifies as either Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 184 | 76.0 | 249 | 64.3 | 298 | 72.5 | 731 | 70.2 |
| Mother Aboriginal | 169/184 | 91.8 | 227/249 | 91.2 | 274/298 | 91.9 | 670/731 | 91.7 |
| Mother Torres Strait Islander | 5/184 | 2.7 | 9/249 | 3.6 | 10/298 | 3.6 | 24/731 | 2.3 |
| Mother both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 10/184 | 5.4 | 13/249 | 5.2 | 14/298 | 4.7 | 37/731 | 3.6 |
| Mother identifies as neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander | 58 | 24.0 | 138 | 35.7 | 113 | 27.5 | 309 | 29.8 |
| FATHER | ||||||||
| Father identifies as either Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 87 | 36.0 | 159 | 41.1 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ | 246 | 39.1 |
| Father Aboriginal | 83/87 | 95.4 | 141/159 | 88.7 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ | 224 | 91.1 |
| Father Torres Strait Islander | 0 | 0 | 92/159 | 5.7 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ | 9 | 3.7 |
| Father both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 4/87 | 4.6 | 9/159 | 5.7 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ | 13 | 5.3 |
| Father identifies as neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander | 122 | 50.4 | 128 | 33.1 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ | 250 | 39.8 |
| Father's status not documented | 33 | 13.6 | 100 | 25.8 | ⁎⁎ | ⁎⁎ | 133 | 21.3 |
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At the Women's the baby's and not the baby's father's identification information is routinely collected.