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Table 2 Description of birth characteristics in the VeCaS cohort compared to national cohort (2015)

From: Detailed registration of care in midwifery practices in the Netherlands: an opportunity for research within a healthy pregnant population

 

VeCaS cohort

National cohort

 

N = 4640

100%

N = 127,818

100%

Gestational age in weeks

  < 37 weeks

196

4.2%

5121

4.1%

 370–416 weeks

4403

94.9%

119,429

94.5%

  ≥ 42 weeks

41

0.9%

1836

1.5%

Start of labour

 Spontaneous

3403

74.5%

96,547

75.5%

 Induction

893

19.6%

23,853

18.7%

 Elective caesarean section

271

5.9%

7416

5.8%

 missings

73

   

Mode of birth

 Spontaneaous vaginal

3506

77.4%

98,846

77.6%

 Instrumental vaginal

390

8.6%

10,504

8.2%

 Caesarean section

634

14.0%

18,000

14.1%

 missings

110

   

Place and level of care at birth

 Home (midwife, primary care)

776

16.9%

21,632

16.9%

 Birth centre (midwife, primary care)

101

2.2%

3943

3.1%

 Hospital (midwife, primary care)

748

16.2%

20,528

16.2%

 Hospital (obstetric team, secondary care)

2977

64.7%

81,674

63.9%

 missings

38

 

41

 

Birthweight

 Mean

3465

SD (522)

3469

SD (513)

Birthweight categories

  < 2500 g

154

3.3%

4267

3.3%

 2500–4500 g

4368

94.9%

120,844

94.7%

  > 4500 g

82

1.8%

2459

1.9%

 missings

36

 

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