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Table 4 Proportions (%) of maternal characteristics among deliveries with inadequate prenatal care, adequate/intermediate prenatal care, and intensive prenatal care for women giving birth in Manitoba from 2004/05 to 2008/09

From: Inequities in utilization of prenatal care: a population-based study in the Canadian province of Manitoba

Characteristic

Entire population of women giving birth (after exclusions) N = 68,132

Subset of population of women giving birth who had a Families First screen N = 57,603

Inadequate/ No prenatal care

N = 7832

Intermediate/Adequate prenatal care

N = 57,501

Intensive prenatal care

N = 2799

Inadequate/No prenatal care

N = 4482

Intermediate/Adequate prenatal care

N = 50,566

Intensive prenatal care

N = 2555

Marital status

 Single parent

18.8

77.0

4.2

18.0

77.8

4.3

 Married/partnered

5.4

90.1

4.6

4.7

90.7

4.6

 Unknown

30.9

66.7

2.4

23.0

73.8

3.3

On Income Assistance

 Yes

26.2

70.3

3.4

24.2

72.1

3.7

 No

8.9

86.9

4.2

4.7

90.7

4.6

Income Quintile -neighborhood

 Q1 (lowest)

21.3

75.2

3.6

14.9

80.7

4.4

 Q2

13.2

82.7

4.0

8.0

87.5

4.5

 Q3

7.0

87.8

5.2

6.0

88.8

5.3

 Q4

5.3

90.6

4.1

5.0

91.0

4.0

 Q5 (highest)

4.8

91.3

3.9

4.7

91.3

3.9

Maternal Age Group

 12–17 years

27.0

68.9

4.1

22.0

71.4

6.5

 18–19 years

24.4

72.7

2.8

18.0

78.5

3.5

 20–24 years

16.6

79.8

3.6

11.8

84.0

4.2

 25–29 years

9.4

86.7

3.9

6.4

89.4

4.1

 30–34 years

6.9

89.0

4.1

4.8

91.0

4.2

 35+

7.1

87.0

5.8

5.4

88.6

6.0

Region of Residence

 North

31.4

66.6

2.0

19.3

78.2

2.5

 South Rural

10.8

85.3

3.9

6.7

89.2

4.1

 Urban (Winnipeg/Brandon)

7.7

87.7

4.7

7.6

87.7

4.7

Maternal Age at First Birth

  < = 19 years

25.4

71.5

3.1

19.4

76.8

3.8

 20+ years

6.1

89.4

4.5

4.6

90.8

4.6

Number of births

 Multiple birth

5.2

83.1

11.7

4.1

83.5

12.4

 Singleton birth

11.6

84.4

4.0

7.8

87.8

4.3

Parity

 0–3

9.9

85.9

4.2

6.8

88.7

4.5

 4+

31.7

65.9

2.4

26.4

70.9

2.7

Inter-Pregnancy Interval

  < 180 days

35.6

62.8

1.6

28.3

70.0

1.8

 180–365 days

20.3

77.5

2.3

14.5

83.1

2.5

 366+ days

10.9

85.3

3.8

7.7

88.4

3.9

 First child

7.5

87.2

5.3

5.1

89.3

5.6

Diabetes

 Yes

8.6

81.7

9.7

4.4

84.5

11.1

 No

11.7

84.6

3.7

8.0

88.0

4.1

Hypertension

 Yes

7.1

82.3

10.7

4.3

84.4

11.4

 No

11.9

84.6

3.5

8.1

88.1

3.7

Antepartum hemorrhage

 Yes

9.9

82.0

8.0

6.8

84.3

8.9

 No

11.6

84.5

3.9

7.8

88.0

4.2

Maternal psychological distress

 Yes

10.6

82.9

6.5

8.2

85.0

6.9

 No

11.6

84.6

3.7

7.7

88.3

4.0

Education

 Less than Grade 12

–

–

–

17.2

78.9

3.9

 High school or better

–

–

–

3.5

91.8

4.7

 Unknown

–

–

–

15.0

81.2

3.8

Social isolation

 Yes

–

–

–

10.9

83.7

5.4

 No

–

–

–

5.8

89.6

4.6

 Unknown

–

  

16.5

79.9

3.6

Smoking, alcohol and/or illicit drug use during pregnancy

 Yes

–

–

–

12.6

83.0

4.4

 No

–

–

–

4.2

91.3

4.6

 Unknown

–

–

–

17.3

78.9

3.7