Native-born | Immigrants | |||||||||||||||
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Norway | High-income | Europe/Central Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | North Africa/Middle East | South Asia | East Asia/ Pacific | Latin America/ Caribbean | |||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
667,458 | 79.2 | 41,450 | 4.9 | 41,185 | 4.9 | 23,499 | 2.8 | 26,735 | 3.2 | 22,585 | 1.4 | 25,107 | 3.0 | 5477 | 0.7 | |
Primiparous | 286,766 | 43.0 | 19,082 | 46.0 | 20,468 | 49.7 | 7434 | 31.6 | 9751 | 36.5 | 4148 | 35.8 | 11,223 | 44.7 | 2778 | 50.7 |
Mode of delivery | ||||||||||||||||
Spontaneous vaginal | 541,515 | 81.1 | 32,118 | 77.5 | 32,343 | 78.5 | 17,391 | 74.0 | 21,222 | 79.4 | 9007 | 77.7 | 18,173 | 72.4 | 3927 | 71.7 |
Instrumental vaginal | 62,722 | 9.4 | 4761 | 11.5 | 4750 | 11.5 | 2037 | 8.7 | 2627 | 9.8 | 1212 | 10.5 | 3116 | 12.4 | 589 | 10.8 |
Emergency cesarean section | 63,221 | 9.5 | 4571 | 11.0 | 4092 | 9.9 | 4071 | 17.3 | 2886 | 10.8 | 1366 | 11.8 | 3818 | 15.2 | 961 | 15.7 |
Previous cesarean delivery1 | 42,145 | 11.1 | 2759 | 12.3 | 2295 | 11.1 | 2833 | 17.6 | 2158 | 12.7 | 1229 | 16.5 | 1978 | 14.2 | 528 | 19.6 |
Gestational age (weeks) | ||||||||||||||||
< 37 | 33,335 | 5.0 | 1928 | 4.7 | 1755 | 4.3 | 1144 | 4.9 | 1332 | 5.0 | 769 | 6.6 | 1724 | 6.9 | 305 | 5.6 |
37–41 | 590,202 | 88.4 | 36,913 | 89.1 | 36,920 | 89.6 | 19,996 | 85.1 | 24,063 | 90.0 | 10,361 | 89.4 | 22,649 | 90.2 | 4876 | 89.0 |
≥ 42 | 43,921 | 6.6 | 2609 | 6.3 | 2510 | 6.1 | 2359 | 10.0 | 1340 | 5.0 | 455 | 3.9 | 734 | 2.9 | 296 | 5.4 |
Birth weight (gram) | ||||||||||||||||
< 2500 | 21,084 | 3.2 | 1280 | 3.1 | 1170 | 2.8 | 1100 | 4.7 | 1021 | 3.8 | 786 | 6.8 | 1162 | 4.6 | 212 | 3.9 |
2500–3999 | 504,827 | 75.6 | 32,584 | 78.6 | 32,992 | 80.1 | 19,437 | 82.7 | 22,489 | 84–1 | 9962 | 86.0 | 21,408 | 85.3 | 4525 | 82.6 |
> 4000 | 141,547 | 21.2 | 7586 | 18.3 | 7023 | 17.1 | 2962 | 12.6 | 3225 | 12.1 | 837 | 7.2 | 2537 | 10.1 | 740 | 13.5 |
Epidural analgesia2 | 199,822 | 29.9 | 13,970 | 33.7 | 13,898 | 33.7 | 5161 | 22.0 | 7267 | 27.2 | 3188 | 27.5 | 6755 | 26.9 | 2498 | 45.6 |
Spinal analgesia2 | 41,312 | 6.2 | 2794 | 6.7 | 2451 | 6.0 | 2289 | 9.7 | 1742 | 6.5 | 829 | 7.2 | 2202 | 8.8 | 519 | 9.5 |
Pudendal analgesia2 | 16,379 | 2.5 | 1179 | 2.8 | 908 | 2.2 | 383 | 1.6 | 497 | 1.9 | 240 | 2.1 | 566 | 2.3 | 144 | 2.6 |
Nitrous Oxide2 | 281,531 | 42.2 | 16,161 | 39.0 | 16,131 | 39.2 | 7569 | 32.2 | 9161 | 34.3 | 3496 | 30.2 | 8611 | 34.3 | 2110 | 38.5 |
Local anesthesia2 | 207,465 | 31.1 | 12,852 | 31.0 | 11,981 | 29.1 | 6449 | 27.4 | 7052 | 26.4 | 3696 | 31.9 | 8231 | 32.8 | 1442 | 26.3 |
Opiates2 | 32,861 | 4.9 | 1628 | 3.9 | 1264 | 3.1 | 659 | 2.8 | 1285 | 4.8 | 517 | 4.5 | 1113 | 4.4 | 203 | 3.7 |