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Table 2 Number of deliveries by primiparous women and explanatory factors by maternal country of birth: Denmark 2004–2015

From: Ethnic differences in the risk of caesarean section: a Danish population-based register study 2004–2015

Total number of deliveries by maternal country of birth

Denmark n = 272,888

Philippines n = 1127

Thailand n = 1088

Pakistan n = 1070

Somalia n = 956

Vietnam n = 953

Lebanon n = 926

Iceland n = 910

Iran n = 906

Afghanistan n = 860

Morocco n = 472

Maternal age at delivery (years)

 ≤ 24

19.9

10.1

15.3

27.7

48.2

11.8

52.5

24.2

12.0

39.3

16.5

 25–34

69.4

78.0

64.2

65.9

44.9

77.1

42.0

69.5

69.1

55.7

65.3

 ≥ 35

10.7

11.9

20.6

6.5

6.9

11.1

5.5

6.4

18.9

5.0

18.2

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

 Preterm (22 + 0– 36 + 6)

6.6

7.5

7.8

7.2

6.7

7.9

5.8

5.6

5.3

5.1

4.5

 Term (37 + 0–41 + 6)

87.5

88.6

89.9

89.4

80.5

89.6

90.1

88.7

91.1

91.1

86.8

 Postterm (≥ 42 + 0)

5.8

3.8

2.3

3.5

12.7

2.3

4.1

5.7

3.5

3.6

8.5

 Missing

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

BMI

 Underweight < 18.5

4.2

12.6

14.6

10.7

12.0

16.0

6.4

3.9

5.5

8.3

4.2

 Normalweight 18.5–24.9

62.3

67.7

68.9

54.4

53.9

74.1

63.4

61.8

66.7

65.2

56.4

 Overweight 25–29.9

19.3

11.9

8.7

14.8

19.0

4.8

17.1

20.8

17.0

15.5

22.7

 Obese ≥30

11.0

2.8

2.1

8.1

7.6

1.1

6.8

10.2

6.3

3.0

6.8

 Missing

3.3

5.0

5.6

12.1

7.4

4.1

6.4

3.4

4.5

8.0

10.0

Maternal height (mean)

168.5

155.4

158.4

160.7

164.7

156.9

162.5

167.8

162.9

160.3

163.5

 Missing

2.7

4.4

5.1

10.4

5.7

3.2

5.6

3.0

4.0

6.6

8.5

Diabetes

 No

97.2

94.2

95.6

92.5

95.9

96.0

97.4

98.7

95.5

94.9

91.1

 Yes

2.8

5.8

4.4

7.5

4.1

4.0

2.6

1.3

4.5

5.1

8.9

Gestational hypertensive disorders

 No

93.7

95.3

97.0

95.0

91.2

97.7

97.5

93.7

96.9

97.1

96.8

 Yes

6.3

4.7

3.0

5.1

8.8

2.3

2.5

6.3

3.1

2.9

3.2

Birthweight

 < 2500 g.

4.5

5.8

5.9

9.2

7.4

6.5

4.1

4.0

5.0

5.0

3.6

 2500–4500 g.

92.6

91.3

91.5

87.9

90.2

91.8

92.6

91.8

92.7

89.9

92.8

 > 4500 g.

1.9

1.5

0.9

0.3

0.8

0.6

0.9

3.3

1.3

2.3

1.7

 Missing

1.0

1.4

1.7

2.6

1.6

1.1

2.5

1.0

1.0

2.8

1.9

 Mean (g.)

3432.9

3326.4

3313.5

3141.9

3212.9

3212.4

3289.3

3524.2

3344.7

3347.7

3409.8

Maternal education (years)

 < 10

16.0

9.8

27.0

17.9

52.2

25.3

41.0

11.1

16.0

32.8

19.5

 10–12

38.4

18.1

22.4

16.9

25.5

25.5

27.9

17.5

25.7

27.6

24.8

 > 12

44.5

14.6

9.2

10.7

4.3

21.8

11.3

31.5

34.0

8.7

12.3

 No information

1.1

57.6

41.4

54.6

18.0

27.4

19.8

39.9

24.3

30.9

43.4

Paternal origin

 Danish

90.7

79.5

82.0

2.1

4.5

28.3

5.5

37.1

26.1

2.7

10.0

 Immigrant/ descendant

6.0

16.9

14.9

90.8

70.0

66.5

78.1

58.5

70.5

85.8

85.4

 Missing

3.4

3.6

3.1

7.2

25.5

5.1

16.4

4.4

3.4

11.5

4.7

  1. Frequencies are given in percentages and in rounded estimates