Table 2 Low birth weight (Odds ratios and crude rates) according to maternal nationality
Per 100 live births | cases = 71,413 n = 1,346,789 | cases = 70,460 n = 1,330,902 | cases = 65,848 n = 1,263,982 | cases = 67,416 n = 1,289,806 | cases = 63,224 n = 1,227,848 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude rates | OR (95 % CI) | aORa (95 % CI) | aORb (95 % CI) | aORc (95 % CI) | aORd (95 % CI) | |
Belgium | 5,4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
EU27 | 5,3 | 0.98 (0.95-1.00) | 0.98 (0.95-1.01) | 0.84*** (0.81-0.87) | 0.90*** (0.87-0.92) | 0.82*** (0.79-0.84) |
EU 27 naturalized Belgian | 5,55 | 1.03 (0.98-1.07) | 1.02 (0.97-1.07) | 0.94* (0.89-0.98) | 0.98 (0.93-1.02) | 0.93** (0.89-0.98) |
Turkey | 4,7 | 0.86*** (0.80-0.92) | 0.84*** (0.79-0.90) | 0.64*** (0.60-0.69) | 0.67*** (0.63-0.72) | 0.59*** (0.55-0.64) |
Turkey naturalized Belgian | 4,85 | 0.89*** (0.83-0.95) | 0.90** (0.84-0.96) | 0.73*** (0.68-0.78) | 0.75*** (0.71-0.80) | 0.70*** (0.64-0.73) |
Maghreb | 3,8 | 0.70*** (0.67-0.73) | 0.67*** (0.64-0.04) | 0.49*** (0.46-0.51) | 0.54*** (0.51-0.56) | 0.45*** (0.43-0.47) |
Maghreb naturalized Belgian | 3,8 | 0.70*** (0.66-0.73) | 0.70*** (0.66-0.73) | 0.56*** (0.53-0.59) | 0.59*** (0.56-0.62) | 0.53*** (0.50-0.56) |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6,6 | 1.23*** (1.17-1.29) | 1.20*** (1.14-1.26) | 0.78*** (0.74-0.83) | 1.0 (0.95-1.05) | 0.77*** (0.72-0.81) |
Sub-Saharan Africa naturalized Belgian | 5,9 | 1.10* (1.01-1.19) | 1.11** (1.03-1.20) | 0.85*** (0.78-0.92) | 0.99 (0.91-1.07) | 0.83*** (0.76-0.90) |
Eastern Europe | 4,9 | 0.90** (0.84-0.96) | 0.89*** (0.83-0.95) | 0.57*** (0.53-0.62) | 0.72*** (0.67-0.77) | 0.55*** (0.51-0.60) |
Eastern Europe naturalized Belgian | 4,3 | 0.78*** (0.69-0.89) | 0.80*** (0.70-0.91) | 0.66*** (0.57-0.76) | 0.69*** (0.61-0.80) | 0.64*** (0.56-0.73) |