Table 1 Characteristics of Australian and East African- born women giving birth to singletons between 1999 and 2007 in Victoria, Australia
| Â | Australia | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Somalia | Sudan | Total East Africa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factor | Â | n (%) | P-values | n (%) | P-values | n (%) | P-values | n (%) | P-values | n (%) | P-values |
Obs (%) | 427,755 (98.9) | 453 (0.10) | Â | 1094 (0.25) | Â | 1861 (0.43) | Â | 1404 (0.32) | Â | 4,812 (1.1) | Â |
Age (years) | |||||||||||
 <20 | 14,688 (3.4) | <5 |  | 21 (1.9) |  | 51 (2.7) |  | 87 (6.2) |  | 161 (3.3) |  |
 20-34 | 325,885 (76.2) | 360 (79.5) | 0.002 | 858 (78.5) | 0.016 | 1483 (79.7) | 0.002 | 1131 (80.6) | 0.001 | 3832 (79.6) | 0.001 |
 35+ | 87,154 (20.4) | 91 (20.1) |  | 215 (19.6) |  | 327 (17.6) |  | 186 (13.2) |  | 819 (17.1) |  |
 Missing | 28 (0.01) | 0(0) |  | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  |
Marital status | |||||||||||
 Single | 59,747 (14.0) | 71 (15.7) |  | 313 (28.7) |  | 356 (19.1) |  | 195 (13.9) |  | 935 (19.4) |  |
 Married | 299,104 (69.9) | 368 (81.2) | <0.001 | 727 (66.4) | <0.001 | 1,472 (79.1) | <0.001 | 1,172 (83.5) | <0.001 | 3,739 (77.7) | 0.001 |
 Defacto | 68,413 (16) | 12 (2.7) |  | 51 (4.7) |  | 28 (1.5) |  | 28 (2.0) |  | 119 (2.5) |  |
 Missing | 491 (0.1) | 2 (0.4) |  | 3 (0.3) |  | 5 (0.3) |  | 9 (0.6) |  | 19 (0.4) |  |
Parity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Primipara | 182,381 (42.6) | 171 (37.8) |  | 384 (35.2) |  | 378 (20.3) |  | 360 (25.6) |  | 1,293 (26.9) |  |
 Multipara | 245,372 (57.4) | 282 (62.2) | 0.035 | 710 (64.8) | <0.001 | 1,483 (79.7) | <0.001 | 1,044 (74.4) | <0.001 | 3,519 (73.1) | 0.001 |
 Missing | 2(0) | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  | 0 (0) |  |
Hospital admission status | |||||||||||
 Public | 267,023 (62.4) | 443 (97.8) |  | 1,059 (96.7) |  | 1,845 (99.1) |  | 1,364 (97.2) |  | 4,711 (97.9) |  |
 Private | 160,732 (37.6) | 10 (2.2) | <0.001 | 35 (3.3) | <0.001 | 16 (0.9) | <0.001 | 40 (2.8) | <0.001 | 101 (2.1) | <0.001 |
aIRSAD scores | |||||||||||
 High | 118,771 (27.8) | 103 (22.7) |  | 117 (10.8) |  | 348 (18.7) |  | 148 (10.5) |  | 716 (15.0) |  |
 Medium | 166,849 (39.0) | 246 (54.3) | <0.001 | 588 (53.7) | <0.001 | 861 (46.3) | <0.001 | 377 (26.8) | <0.001 | 2,072 (43.0) | <0.001 |
 Low | 140,442 (32.8) | 96 (21.2) |  | 388 (35.4) |  | 651 (35) |  | 878 (62.6) |  | 2,013 (41.8) |  |
 Missing | 1,693 (0.4) | 8 (1.8) |  | 1 (0.1) |  | 1 (0.1) |  | 1 (0.1) |  | 11 (0.2) |  |
Year of birth | |||||||||||
 1999-2001 | 137,801 (32.2) | 110 (24.3) |  | 157 (14.3) |  | 501 (26.9) |  | 78 (5.6) |  | 846 (17.6) |  |
 2002-2004 | 139,776 (32.7) | 159 (35.1) | 0.001 | 354 (32.3) | <0.001 | 609 (32.7) | <0.001 | 298 (21.2) | <0.001 | 1,420 (29.5) | <0.001 |
 2005-2007 | 150,178 (35.1) | 184 (40.6) |  | 583 (53.3) |  | 751 (40.4) |  | 1,028 (73.2) |  | 2,546 (52.9) |  |
Any maternal medical complication | |||||||||||
 Yes | 112,798 (26.4) | 146 (32.2) |  | 336 (30.8) |  | 615 (33.1) |  | 486 (34.6) |  | 1,583 (32.9) |  |
 No | 314,957 (73.6) | 307 (67.8) | 0.005 | 758 (69.2) | 0.001 | 1,246 (66.9) | <0.001 | 918 (65.4) | 0.001 | 3,229 (67.1) | <0.001 |