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Table 4 Perinatal status and pregnancy co-morbidities and complications in gestational age strata of all births

From: High risk pregnancy associated perinatal morbidity and mortality: a second birth population-based survey in Huai’an in 2015

Gestational age (weeks)

< 32

32–36

37–41

≥42

Total

All births

316 (0.5)

2088 (3.5)

56,159 (94.9)

627 (1.1)

59,190

Males*

191 (60.4)

1186 (56.8)

29,817 (53.1)

302 (48.2)

31,496 (53.2)

Gestational age (weeks)

29.2 ± 1.6

34.9 ± 1.3

39.2 ± 1.0

42.1 ± 0.3

39.1 ± 1.5

Birthweight (g)

1464 ± 443

2583 ± 546

3489 ± 451

3677 ± 483

3448 ± 507

LBW*

310 (98.1)

840 (40.2)

544 (1.0)

1 (0.2)

1695 (2.9)

Multi-births*

79 (25.0)

482 (23.1)

689 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

1250 (2.1)

Congenital anomaliesa*

16 (5.1)

38 (1.8)

267 (0.5)

3 (0.5)

325 (0.5)

Cesarean delivery*

115 (36.4)

1296 (62.1)

30,463 (54.2)

352 (56.1)

32,226 (54.4)

Pregnancy complications*

80 (25.3)

541 (25.9)

7625 (13.6)

82 (13.1)

8328 (14.1)

 HDP*

39 (1.3)

307 (10.5)

2535 (86.8)

39 (1.3)

2920 (4.9)

 PROM*

81 (25.6)

598 (28.6)

4554 (8.1)

34 (5.4)

5267 (8.9)

 GDM*

9 (2.8)

96 (4.6)

796 (1.4)

3 (0.5)

904 (1.5)

 Anemia

51 (16.1)

347 (16.6)

4033 (7.2)

53 (8.5)

4484 (7.6)

Antenatal steroidsf

164 (58.2)

680(33.6)

0

0

844 (36.6)

Maternal age (years)

27.4 ± 5.4

27.6 ± 5.4

26.9 ± 4.8

26.1 ± 5.1

26.9 ± 4.8

 Delayed childbearing*

40 (12.7)

264 (12.6)

4565 (8.1)

47 (7.5)

4916 (8.3)

 > 9 years’ education*

160 (50.6)

1082 (51.8)

21,363 (38.0)

134 (21.4)

22,739 (38.4)

Amniotic fluid volume*

 Normal

261 (82.6)

1842 (88.2)

47,717 (85.0)

541 (86.3)

50,361 (85.1)

 Polyhydramnios

8 (2.5)

40 (1.9)

4136 (7.4)

4 (0.6)

4188 (7.1)

 Oligohydramnios

48 (15.2)

206 (9.9)

4306 (7.7)

82 (13.1)

4642 (7.8)

Amniotic contamination*

 Normal

275 (87.0)

1949 (93.3)

48,362 (86.1)

485 (77.4)

51,071 (86.3)

 Grade I

13 (4.1)

44 (2.1)

2811 (5.0)

56 (8.9)

2924 (4.9)

 Grade II

9 (2.8)

21 (1.0)

2151 (3.8)

41 (6.5)

2222 (3.8)

 Grade III

19 (6.0)

74 (3.5)

2835 (5.0)

45 (7.2)

2973 (5.0)

Apgar score

 1-min ≤ 7*

227 (71.8)

443 (21.2)

892 (1.6)

9 (1.4)

1571 (2.7)

 1-min ≤ 3*

97 (30.7)

91 (4.4)

158 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

347 (0.6)

 5-min ≤ 7*

155 (49.1)

133 (6.4)

262 (0.5)

4 (0.6)

554 (0.9)

 5-min ≤3*

77 (24.4)

65 (3.1)

149 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

293 (0.5)

Hospitalized on day 1*

219 (69.3)

1191 (57.0)

1841 (3.3)

13 (2.1)

3264 (5.5)

 IVH/PVH*

125 (52.1)

534 (40.9)

248 (13.5)

4 (30.8)

911 (26.8)

 RDS*

132 (55.0)

104 (8.0)

36 (2.0)

0

272 (8.0)

 Ventilation*

167 (69.6)

282 (21.6)

204 (11.1)

0

653 (19.2)

Fetal deaths/stillbirths*

55 (17.4)

58 (2.8)

54 (0.1)

0 (0)

167 (0.3)

Deaths at deliveryb*

75 (23.7)

62 (3.0)

61 (0.1)

0

198 (0.3)

Early neonatal deathsc*

44 (13.9)

32 (1.5)

62 (0.1)

1 (0.2)

139 (0.2)

Late neonatal deathsd*

6 (1.9)

5 (0.2)

30 (0.1)

0

41 (0.1)

All deathse*

110 (34.8)

95 (4.5)

151 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

358 (0.6)

  1. Values are given in numbers and percentage (% of all births in each gestational age category) or mean ± SD. Percentage of total numbers of all births includes fetal death/stillbirths and neonatal death at delivery (see Table 1)
  2. Abbreviations: LBW Low birth weight (< 2500 g), HDP Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, PROM Premature rupture of membrane, GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, IVH/PVH Intraventricular/perinventricular hemorrhage, RDS Respiratory distress syndrome
  3. *P < 0.001
  4. aIncluding all birth defects and congenital disorders from total births within 7 postnatal days
  5. bIncluding fetal deaths/stillbirth and neonatal deaths immediately at delivery but counted as live births
  6. cIncluding live births died in the first 7 days
  7. dIncluding live births died in the 8 to 28 days after delivery
  8. eIncluding all fetal deaths/stillbirth and all neonatal deaths
  9. fData contain all premature babies received antenatal corticosteroid therapy before delivery