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Table 1 Prevalence of labor and delivery characteristics from maternal interview, birth certificates, and medical record data, IHIPS

From: Validation of birth certificate and maternal recall of events in labor and delivery with medical records in the Iowa health in pregnancy study

Characteristic

Maternal interview (n = 2709)

Birth certificate (n = 2709)

Medical records (n = 1976)

Infant male sex

50.5

50.5

Low birth weight

19.8

17.8

21.7

Preterm birth

29.2

28.1

29.2

Post-term birth

9.8

9.7

10.4

Pregnancy weight gain

97.0

98.5

78.6

Vaginal delivery

73.8

72.9

72.7

Labor induction

21.8

33.2

Smoking during pregnancy

11.3

12.9

Alcohol use during pregnancy

5.5

1.0

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic white

88.4

90.2

 Black

5.5

5.6

 Asian

3.4

3.7

 Hispanic

2.3

2.8

  1. Each cell presents the percent prevalence of each characteristic within the data set. “- “indicates data were not available from a particular source