In 2005 there were 13,302 breech babies (4.9% of all births - bearing in mind that some of these babies were premature). 10,550 were from singleton pregnancies (4% of all single babies) and 2644 were from twin pregnancies (29.8% of twins). Vaginal breech births made up 0.6% of all types of births (0.7% in 1999). Of all babies in a breech presentation at birth, 88.3% were born by caesarean and 11.7% were born vaginally. The following are the numbers of breech babies and vaginal breech births in each Australian state and territory.
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Breech babies 2005 |
Vaginal breech births 2005 |
Vaginal breech births 1999 |
| NSW |
4,190 |
499 (11.9%) |
21.3% |
| VIC |
3,440 |
423 (12.3%) |
17.1% |
| SA |
913 |
100 (11.0%) |
11.5% |
| ACT |
287 |
44 (15.3%) |
16.6% |
| WA |
1,355 |
150 (11.1%) |
13.8% |
| QLD |
2,912 |
309 (10.6%) |
11.9% |
| TAS |
239 |
26 (10.9%) |
19.1% |
| NT |
200 |
32 (16.0%) |
14.3% |
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