Table 1 Characteristics of women 1 transferred and not transferred from home or a freestanding midwifery unit
Not transferred | Transferred | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | FMU | Home | FMU | |||||
N = 13175 | N = 8766 | N = 3457 | N = 2444 | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Maternal age | ||||||||
Mean [SD] | 31.1 | [5.2] | 28.8 | [5.8] | 30.9 | 5.1 | 28.5 | 5.7 |
Under 20 | 152 | 1.2 | 515 | 5.9 | 65 | 1.9 | 158 | 6.5 |
20-24 | 1346 | 10.2 | 1634 | 18.7 | 344 | 10.0 | 483 | 19.8 |
25-29 | 3400 | 25.9 | 2527 | 28.9 | 905 | 26.2 | 725 | 29.7 |
30-34 | 4483 | 34.1 | 2512 | 28.7 | 1290 | 37.3 | 712 | 29.2 |
35-39 | 3222 | 24.5 | 1360 | 15.5 | 738 | 21.4 | 318 | 13.0 |
≥40 | 542 | 4.1 | 207 | 2.4 | 114 | 3.3 | 45 | 1.8 |
Missing | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Ethnic group | ||||||||
White | 12461 | 94.7 | 8016 | 91.5 | 3280 | 95.0 | 2246 | 91.9 |
Asian | 94 | 0.8 | 316 | 3.6 | 25 | 0.7 | 79 | 3.3 |
Black | 197 | 1.5 | 112 | 1.2 | 39 | 1.2 | 29 | 1.2 |
Mixed | 212 | 1.6 | 103 | 1.2 | 65 | 1.9 | 21 | 0.9 |
Other | 194 | 1.5 | 215 | 2.5 | 44 | 1.3 | 68 | 2.8 |
Missing | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Understanding of english | ||||||||
Fluent | 13090 | 99.5 | 8503 | 97.2 | 3429 | 99.4 | 2353 | 96.5 |
Some or none | 69 | 0.5 | 241 | 2.8 | 19 | 0.6 | 86 | 3.5 |
Missing | 16 | 22 | 9 | 5 | ||||
Marital/partner status | ||||||||
Married/Living together | 12572 | 96.1 | 8102 | 93.5 | 3287 | 95.6 | 2277 | 93.9 |
Single/Unsupported | 511 | 3.9 | 566 | 6.5 | 152 | 4.4 | 147 | 6.1 |
Missing | 92 | 98 | 18 | 20 | ||||
Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) | ||||||||
Mean [SD] | 24 | 3.7 | 24.1 | 3.8 | 24.1 | 3.7 | 23.9 | 3.5 |
not recorded | 2533 | 19.3 | 1331 | 15.2 | 698 | 20.3 | 516 | 21.2 |
<18.5 | 261 | 2.0 | 185 | 2.1 | 56 | 1.6 | 47 | 1.9 |
18.5-24.9 | 6421 | 49.0 | 4393 | 50.2 | 1629 | 47.4 | 1180 | 48.4 |
25-29.9 | 2943 | 22.4 | 2088 | 23.8 | 799 | 23.3 | 549 | 22.5 |
30-35.0 | 954 | 7.3 | 758 | 8.7 | 253 | 7.4 | 147 | 6.0 |
Missing | 63 | 11 | 22 | 5 | ||||
IMD quintiles | ||||||||
1st Least deprived | 2904 | 22.2 | 1931 | 22.1 | 739 | 21.5 | 552 | 22.6 |
2nd | 2739 | 20.9 | 2005 | 22.9 | 697 | 20.3 | 565 | 23.2 |
3rd | 2816 | 21.5 | 1768 | 20.2 | 789 | 23.0 | 520 | 21.3 |
4th | 2617 | 20.0 | 1624 | 18.6 | 672 | 19.6 | 441 | 18.1 |
5th Most deprived | 2008 | 15.3 | 1411 | 16.1 | 536 | 15.6 | 362 | 14.8 |
Missing | 91 | 27 | 24 | 4 | ||||
Previous pregnancies > =24 completed weeks | ||||||||
0 Nulliparous | 2481 | 18.8 | 3284 | 37.5 | 2008 | 58.1 | 1868 | 76.7 |
1 previous | 5587 | 42.4 | 3489 | 39.8 | 870 | 25.2 | 405 | 16.6 |
2 previous | 3269 | 24.8 | 1385 | 15.8 | 361 | 10.4 | 118 | 4.8 |
3+ previous | 1826 | 13.9 | 604 | 6.9 | 217 | 6.3 | 44 | 1.8 |
Missing | 12 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Gestation (completed weeks) | ||||||||
Mean [SD] | 39.7 | 1.0 | 39.7 | 1.0 | 39.9 | 1.0 | 39.9 | 1.0 |
37 | 306 | 2.3 | 255 | 2.9 | 72 | 2.1 | 60 | 2.5 |
38 | 1293 | 9.8 | 795 | 9.1 | 275 | 8.0 | 183 | 7.5 |
39 | 3443 | 26.1 | 2196 | 25.1 | 646 | 18.7 | 473 | 19.4 |
40 | 5214 | 39.6 | 3421 | 39.0 | 1382 | 40.0 | 943 | 38.6 |
41 and 42 + 0 | 2919 | 22.2 | 2099 | 23.9 | 1082 | 31.3 | 785 | 32.1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||