Maternal and foetal outcomes among pregnant women hospitalised due to interpersonal violence: A population based study in Western Australia, 2002-2008

Table 1 Demographic, clinical and lifestyle characteristics of pregnant women hospitalised for interpersonal violence and a comparison group: Western Australia, 2002-2008

	Pregnant women hospitalised for interpersonal violence (n = 468)		Pregnant women not hospitalised for interpersonal violence (n = 3,744)		P****
	n	%	n	%
Women's age (years)					<0.001
≤20	140	30.0	419	11.2
21 - 25	148	31.6	685	18.3
26 - 30	98	20.9	1,153	30.8
31 - 35	50	10.7	1,017	27.2
≥36	32	6.8	470	12.6
Indigenous status					<0.001
Yes	311	66.5	193	5.2
No	157	33.5	3,551	94.8
Parity*					<0.001
0	88	18.8	1,637	43.7
1	75	16.0	963	25.7
2	82	17.5	558	14.9
3+	223	47.7	586	15.7
Gestational age (weeks)					<0.001
≤27	13	2.8	32	0.9
28 - 32	18	3.9	44	1.2
33 - 36	65	13.9	212	5.7
≥37	372	79.5	3,456	92.3
Marital status					<0.001
Yes**	183	40.9	2,823	76.3
No***	264	59.1	879	23.7
Maternal smoking					<0.001
Yes	276	59.0	691	18.5
No	192	41.0	3,053	81.5

* Parity is defined as the number of live-born children a woman has delivered; ** married or de facto relationship; *** widowed, divorced or single; **** P values from chi-squared tests

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