The maternal and neonatal outcomes for an urban Indigenous population compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts and a trend analysis over four triennia

Table 1 Key social indicators by Indigenous status

Social indicators	Indigenous%			Non-Indigenous %			Difference
Social indicators	N	n	%	N	n	%	%	95%	CI
Domestic Violence (afraid for physical safety)^a	301	13	4.3	7,089	149	2.1	2.2	−0.1	4.5
Domestic Violence (emotional abuse)^a	298	16	5.4	7,089	230	3.2	2.1	−0.5	4.7
Smoking at 1st visit^b	1,495	733	49.0	42,793	8,174	19.1	29.9	27.4	32.5*
Current Cannabis use at 1st visit^b	1,137	72	6.3	33,279	564	1.7	4.6	3.2	6.1*
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy^a	335	31	9.3	9,165	672	7.3	1.9	−1.2	5.1
DOCS^a	342	42	12.3	9,117	239	2.6	9.7	6.2	13.2*
EDS >14^a	155	14	9.0	7,989	421	5.3	3.8	−0.8	8.3

* Statistically significant; CI = Confidence Interval; DOCS = Department of Child Safety; EDS = Edinburgh Depression Scale.
^a Data May 2007–December 2009 only. Total Indigenous pregnancies n = 32, total non-Indigenous pregnancies n = 9,516.
^b Data 1998–2009. Total Indigenous pregnancies n = 1,499, total non-Indigenous pregnancies n = 42,810.

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