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. 2010 Sep 17;5(9):e12809. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012809

Table 3. Comparison of the proportion of mothers from low- and high-income areas giving birth to premature babies in New Mexico.

Year Low Income Higher Income Fisher's Exact p OR (95% CI)
% Total births % Total births
1989 10.59 8479 7.72 803 0.01 1.41 (1.08,1.84)
1990 11.08 8785 7.35 830 0.00 1.56 (1.19, 2.04)
1991 4.64 8971 4.92 833 0.67 0.93 (0.67, 1.29)
1992 4.60 9135 4.57 788 1.00 0.99 (0.70, 1.41)
1993 4.44 9002 5.34 787 0.24 0.82 (0.59, 1.13)
1994 4.72 8695 4.66 880 1.00 1.00 (0.72, 1.39)
1995 5.03 8369 5.75 1008 0.32 0.86 (0.65, 1.14)
1996 4.89 8613 6.03 879 0.14 0.79 (0.59, 1.06)
1997 4.85 8104 3.52 1022 0.06 1.38 (0.98, 1.95)
1998 5.00 7960 6.07 1433 0.09 0.81 (0.64, 1.03)
1999 4.94 7891 4.87 1539 0.95 1.01 (0.78, 1.30)

OR refers to Odds Ratio.