Table 3 Rates of adverse perinatal outcomes among planned home and hospital births

Planned low risk at home

Planned low risk in hospital

p Value

n = 3202

n = 701,058

Stillbirth

2 (0.62 per 1000)

906 (1.29 per 1000)

0.29

Neonatal death

3 (0.94 per 1000)

262 (0.37 per 1000)

0.10

Perinatal Mortality

5 (1.6 per 1000)

1168 (1.7 per 1000)

0.90

Admission to SCN

58 (1.8%)

58,303 (8.3%)

< 0.001

Admission to NICU

14 (0.4%)

1721 (0.2%)

0.03

Apgar< 7 @ 5 min

29 (0.9%)

8739 (1.2%)

0.08

HIE

0 (0%)

133 (0.2%)

0.44

Birth Trauma^a

46 (1.4%)

46,502 (6.6%)

< 0.001

Intrauterine hypoxia

47 (1.5%)

40,760 (5.8%)

< 0.001

Other perinatal morbidity^b

8 (0.3%)

1113 (0.2%)

0.20

Composite Morbidity

115 (3.6%)

94,094 (13.4%)

< 0.001

Planned high risk at home

Planned high risk in hospital

p Value

n = 755

n = 131,726

Stillbirth

3 (4 per 1000)

370 (2.8 per 1000)

0.55

Neonatal Death

4 (5.3 per 1000)

97 (0.74 per 1000)

< 0.001

Perinatal Mortality

7 (9.3 per 1000)

467 (3.5 per 1000)

0.009

Admission to SCN

33 (4.4%)

17,995 (13.7%)

< 0.001

Admission to NICU

12 (1.6%)

555 (0.4%)

< 0.001

Apgar< 7 @ 5 min

18 (2.4%)

2390 (1.8%)

0.24

HIE

1 (0.13%)

42 (0.03%)

0.13

Birth Trauma^a

23 (3.1%)

10,056 (7.6%)

< 0.001

Intrauterine hypoxia

24 (3.2%)

8714 (6.6%)

< 0.001

Other perinatal morbidity^b

3 (0.4%)

287 (0.2%)

0.29

Composite Morbidity

59 (7.8%)

22,223 (16.9%)

< 0.001