Table 1 Maternal and infant characteristics of all women who gave birth at the teaching hospital, 1 st July 2009-31 st December 2010
MGP | Standard hospital | Private obstetric | |
|---|---|---|---|
N = 1,965 | N = 2,751 | N = 1,304 | |
(32.8) | (45.6) | (21.6) | |
% | % | % | |
Maternal age (years) | |||
Average age | 32.4 | 31.7 | 34.0 |
<20 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
20-34 | 63.5 | 67.2 | 51.6 |
> = 35 | 35.0 | 31.4 | 48.1 |
Parity | |||
Primiparous | 49.3 | 55.4 | 52.6 |
Multiparous | 50.7 | 44.6 | 47.4 |
Any risk at onset of labour | |||
None identified | 73.1 | 57.7 | 61.9 |
Risk Identified | 26.9 | 42.3 | 38.1 |
BMI# | |||
Average | 22.73 | 23.31 | 23.55 |
Missing data | 9.5 | 7.7 | 74.7 |
Plurality | |||
Singleton | 99.2 | 96.5 | 94.6 |
Multiple | 0.8 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
Gestational age (weeks) | |||
<37 | 5.0 | 11.3 | 14.3 |
37-41 | 93.4 | 88.0 | 85.7 |
42-43 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0 |
Birth weight (g) | |||
<2500 | 3.2 | 9.3 | 11.2 |
2500-4499 | 94.9 | 89.2 | 87.8 |
> = 4500 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 |
Birth weight percentiles | |||
0-9.9 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 14.3 |
10.0-24.9 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 17.6 |
25.0-75.0 | 51.8 | 49.3 | 48.7 |
75.1-90.0 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 12.5 |
90.1-100 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 6.9 |