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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristic distribution in the total study population and according to reproductive outcome – DHS/2006, Brazil

From: Maternal obesity and fetal deaths: results from the Brazilian cross-sectional demographic health survey, 2006

Characteristics

Total population

Spontaneous abortion

Stillbirth

All deathsa

nb

% ± (SE)

% ± (SE)

% ± (SE)

% ± (SE)

Age

  15-19

448

8.8 (0.8)

8.4 (1.7)

2.4 (1.3)

10.6 (2.1)

  20-24

1726

30.3 (1.2)

6.9 (1.2)

1.2 (0.5)

7.9 (1.2)

  25-29

1733

25.4 (1.0)

5.6 (0.9)

1.4 (0.4)

6.9 (1.0)

  30-34

1215

17.7 (1.0)

7.4 (1.3)

0.7 (0.3)

8.1 (1.3)

  35-39

678

11.1 (0.8)

11.1 (2.4)

1.7 (0.9)

12.6 (2.5)

  ≥ 40

382

6.8 (0.7)

15.1 (3.2)

3.2 (2.0)

17.9 (3.5)

Area of residence

  Urban

4063

79.6 (1.6)

8.1 (0.8)

1.2 (0.3)

9.0 (1.2)

  Rural

2119

20.5 (1.6)

6.8 (1.2)

2.4 (0.7)

9.2 (0.8)

Schooling (years)

  0

205

2.7 (0.4)

2.9 (2.0)

6.5 (4.2)

9.2 (4.4)

  1-4

1424

19.0 (1.3)

6.0 (1.2)

1.7 (0.7)

7.6 (1.3)

  5-8

2215

35.7 (1.4)

7.9 (1.0)

1.5 (0.4)

9.3 (1.1)

  9-11

1911

35.4 (1.5)

8.1 (1.1)

0.7 (0.2)

8.7 (1.1)

  12+

380

7.2 (0.8)

11.9 (2.7)

1.9 (1.4)

13.6 (3.1)

Skin color

  White

2093

33.9 (1.4)

6.9 (0.9)

1.3 (0.5)

8.1 (1.0)

  Brown

3068

49.5 (1.6)

7.4 (1.0)

1.8 (0.4)

9.1 (1.0)

  Black

620

11.0 (1.1)

11.5 (2.1)

0.9 (0.5)

12.3 (2.1)

  Other

329

5.6 (0.7)

10.7 (3.3)

0.1 (0.1)

10.8 (3.3)

Parity

  0-1

1944

38.3 (1.4)

12.8 (1.4)

1.9 (0.5)

14.5 (1.4)

  2-3

3070

51.2 (1.4)

4.9 (0.7)

1.1 (0.4)

6.0 (0.7)

  ≥ 4

1168

10.5 (0.6)

3.8 (1.1)

1.0 (0.4)

4.8 (1.1)

Marital status

  Single

337

5.5 (0.8)

9.0 (2.9)

2.4 (1.2)

11.1 (3.0)

  Married

5157

85.2 (1.1)

7.8 (0.7)

1.5 (0.3)

9.1 (0.8)

  Widowed

38

0.6 (0.2)

3.1 (2.6)

0.6 (0.6)

3.6 (2.8)

  Divorced

646

8.7 (0.8)

8.0 (1.7)

0.4 (0.2)

8.3 (1.7)

Smoking Status

  Yes

1,000

16.3 (1.0)

10.2 (1.8)

1.8 (0.9)

11.8 (1.8)

  No

5,182

86.7 (1.0)

7.4 (0.7)

1.4 (0.3)

8.6 (0.7)

Income c

  1st Quartile (0–270)

1325

22.0 (1.4)

6.1 (1.0)

2.2 (0.8)

8.2 (1.2)

  2nd Quartile (271–500)

1521

26.4 (1.6)

6.4 (1.1)

2.2 (0.7)

8.5 (1.1)

  3rd Quartile (501–972)

1187

21.6 (1.1)

8.3 (1.4)

1.3 (0.6)

9.5 (1.5)

  4th Quartile (≥ 973)

1406

30.0 (1.7)

10.3 (1.7)

0.5 (0.3)

10.8 (1.7)

  1. aAbortions and Stillbirths bn = real sample values. cValue in reais (in 2006–07, US$ 0.47 per real). SE Standard Error.
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