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Table 1 Twinning rate, Stillbirth, SGA and low apgar score rate (%) and its annual change in China, 2012–2020

From: Temporal trends and adverse perinatal outcomes of twin pregnancies at differing gestational ages: an observational study from China between 2012–2020

 

Year a

Annual rate change (95% CI) b

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Twin born rate

   overall

2.84

2.95

3.02

3.17

3.03

3.05

3.28

3.37

3.22

1.75%[1.57%,1.93%]

    28-31w

15.19

15.70

17.89

17.48

17.68

17.35

18.30

19.73

18.91

2.66%[2.02%,3.30%]

    32-33w

20.21

20.68

22.24

22.16

22.62

22.34

23.59

24.84

23.52

2.17%[1.64%,2.71%]

    34-36w

19.33

20.46

21.26

21.81

21.07

22.08

23.49

23.82

22.63

2.19%[1.95%,2.44%]

    37-38w

4.30

4.60

4.71

4.99

4.46

4.46

4.76

4.97

4.24

0.19%[-0.08%,0.46%]

    ≥ 39w

0.50

0.47

0.42

0.40

0.32

0.29

0.24

0.20

0.14

-13.11%[-13.76%,-12.46%]

Stillbirth

    overall

2.20

2.30

2.10

1.86

1.71

1.53

1.44

1.29

1.40

-7.35%[-8.35%,-6.24%]

    28-31w

12.16

12.85

10.55

10.48

9.68

7.05

8.46

7.18

7.82

-7.16%[-9.05%,-5.24%]

    32-33w

4.41

4.79

4.32

3.71

3.79

3.61

3.45

2.69

3.40

-5.38%[-7.86%,-2.83%]

    34-36w

1.74

1.94

1.81

1.39

1.23

1.32

1.00

0.92

0.90

-9.72%[-11.41%,-8.00%]

    37-38w

1.03

0.98

0.92

0.84

0.71

0.66

0.55

0.55

0.55

-9.05%[-11.27%,-6.78%]

    ≥ 39w

1.96

1.71

1.55

1.98

1.81

1.81

2.14

1.89

3.00

2.97%[-1.31%,7.43%]

SGA

    overall

8.91

8.74

8.09

7.97

7.85

7.29

7.11

6.81

6.69

-3.67%[-4.14%,-3.21%]

    28-31w

8.85

8.99

8.78

9.10

8.92

7.41

8.25

7.86

9.32

-0.92%[-2.78%,0.99%]

    32-33w

9.70

10.55

10.04

10.06

10.37

9.21

10.24

9.83

8.82

-0.99%[-2.42%,0.45%]

    34-36w

9.39

9.23

8.50

8.49

8.32

7.47

7.14

7.35

6.84

-3.96%[-4.67%,-3.25%]

    37-38w

7.98

7.68

7.31

6.87

6.53

6.39

6.22

5.47

5.59

-4.64%[-5.42%,-3.85%]

    ≥ 39w

10.37

10.02

8.24

9.14

10.33

10.28

9.24

9.34

10.79

-0.02%[-2.00%,1.99%]

Low apgar score (< 4)

    overall

1.09

1.01

0.94

0.85

0.87

0.76

0.58

0.55

0.54

-8.70%[-10.18%,-7.18%]

    28-31w

7.70

9.11

7.50

6.96

6.36

6.26

6.12

4.26

4.91

-7.56%[-10.03%,-5.02%]

    32-33w

2.40

1.82

2.04

2.02

2.24

2.13

1.42

1.74

1.05

-5.39%[-8.95%,-1.68%]

    34-36w

0.85

0.67

0.60

0.53

0.53

0.51

0.25

0.30

0.32

-11.71%[-15.06%,-8.22%]

    37-38w

0.45

0.34

0.31

0.23

0.28

0.13

0.11

0.09

0.11

-17.61%[-21.73%,-13.26%]

    ≥ 39w

0.61

0.61

0.50

0.70

0.74

0.61

0.35

0.50

0.27

-2.84%[-10.35%,5.31%]

  1. a the number of stillbirth per 100 deliveries or the number of SGA/Low apgar score (< 4) infants per 100 live born. All results were adjusted for the sampling distribution of the population. b Adjusted for the clustering of births within hospitals