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Method: This was a cohort study based on linked population data between the New South Wales (NSW) Midwives Data Collection (MDC) and the NSW Admitted Patients Data Collection (APDC). The study population included primiparous mothers aged from 18 to 44 who gave birth between  1 July 2000 and 31 December 2005. The Kaplan\u2013Meier method was used to describe the length of hospital stay for MBD. Results: For principal diagnoses of MBD, the entire length of hospital stay in the first year postpartum was 11.38 days (95% CI: 10.70\u201312.06) for mean and 6 days (95% CI: 5.87\u20136.13) for median. The length of hospital stay per admission was 8.47 days (95% CI: 8.03\u20138.90) for mean and 5 days (95% CI: 4.90\u20135.10) for median. There were 5,129 patient days of hospital stay per year for principal diagnoses of postpartum MBD in new mothers between 1 July 2000 and 31 December 2005 in NSW, Australia. 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