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Table 2 Demographics of childbirth hospitalizations in Hawai‘i (2008-2012) from Hawai‘i Health Information Corporation data

From: Maternal quality and safety outcomes for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i: an observational study from five years of statewide data

 

Chinese

Filipino

Native Hawaiian

Japanese

Other

Other Pacific Islander

White

Total

P-values*

Childbirth Hospitalizations

2,335

14,965

17,081

7,888

10,126

8,326

15,004

75,725

 

Patients

1,968

12,545

13,094

6,608

8,904

6,366

12,831

62,316

 

Multiple maternal hospitalizations during study period (% from total # of maternity-related hospitalizations)

686 (29.4%)

4,577 (30.6%)

7,145 (41.8%)

2,408 (30.5%)

2,969 (29.3%)

3,570 (42.9%)

4,224 (28.2%)

25,579 (33.8%)

<.0001

# patients with Multiple maternal hospitalizations (% from # of patients)

353 (17.6%)

2,252 (17.8%)

3,524 (26.2%)

1,227 (18.3%)

1,120 (13.5%)

1,665 (25.9%)

2,029 (15.8%)

12,170 (19.5%)

<.0001

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

P-values *

Age

        

<.0001

<20

28 (1.4%)

1,029 (8.2%)

2,077 (15.9%)

207 (3.1%)

716 (8.0%)

695 (10.9%)

747 (5.8%)

5,499 (8.8%)

<.0001

20-29

620 (31.5%)

5,971 (47.6%)

7,185 (54.9%)

1,887 (28.6%)

4,189 (47.0%)

3,672 (57.7%)

5,986 (46.7%)

29,510 (47.4%)

<.0001

30-39

1,176 (59.8%)

4,977 (39.7%)

3,510 (26.8%)

3,963 (60.0%)

3,667 (41.2%)

1,803 (28.3%)

5,452 (42.5%)

24,548 (39.4%)

<.0001

40+

144 (7.3%)

568 (4.5%)

322 (2.5%)

551 (8.3%)

332 (3.7%)

196 (3.1%)

646 (5.0%)

2,759 (4.4%)

<.0001

Payer

        

<.0001

Dept of Defense

18 (0.9%)

216 (1.7%)

118 (0.9%)

72 (1.1%)

419 (4.7%)

75 (1.2%)

1,121 (8.7%)

2,039 (3.3%)

<.0001

Private

1,461 (74.2%)

8,550 (68.2%)

6,277 (47.9%)

5,542 (83.9%)

4,882 (54.8%)

1,861 (29.2%)

7,757 (60.5%)

36,330 (58.3%)

<.0001

Public

451 (22.9%)

3,711 (29.6%)

6,650 (50.8%)

776 (11.7%)

3,175 (35.7%)

4,221 (66.3%)

3,866 (30.1%)

22,850 (36.7%)

<.0001

Self Pay

38 (1.9%)

68 (0.5%)

49 (0.4%)

218 (3.3%)

428 (4.8%)

209 (3.3%)

87 (0.7%)

1,097 (1.8%)

<.0001

Hospital

         

Urban

1,831 (93.0%)

9,119 (72.7%)

7,737 (59.1%)

5,453 (82.5%)

6,322 (71.0%)

5,329 (83.7%)

7,252 (56.5%)

43,043 (69.1%)

<.0001

High Risk

         

Yes

706 (35.9%)

4,919 (39.2%)

4,907 (37.5%)

2,418 (36.6%)

3,005 (33.7%)

2,404 (37.8%)

4,558 (35.5%)

22,917 (36.8%)

<.0001

Multiple Gestation

         

Yes

33 (1.7%)

159 (1.3%)

159 (1.2%)

153 (2.3%)

115 (1.3%)

98 (1.5%)

263 (2.1%)

980 (1.6%)

<.0001

Newborn birth weight

        

<.0001

Low(<2500 g)

155 (6.6%)

1,681 (11.2%)

1,306 (7.6%)

729 (9.2%)

752 (7.4%)

670 (8.0%)

917 (6.1%)

6,210 (8.2%)

<.0001

Normal(2500-4000 g)

2,093 (89.6%)

12,809 (85.6%)

14,486 (84.8%)

6,886 (87.3%)

8,777 (86.7%)

6,862 (82.4%)

12,676 (84.5%)

64,589 (85.3%)

<.0001

High(>4000 g)

87 (3.7%)

475 (3.2%)

1,289 (7.5%)

273 (3.5%)

597 (5.9%)

794 (9.5%)

1,411 (9.4%)

4,926 (6.5%)

<.0001

  1. *P-values were based on Chi-Square test for categorical variables; P-values were estimate assuming independence within patients. N (%) for age groups, payer type, urban, high risk and multiple gestation were based on patient level (first visit).