Table II.
Preterm birth rates according to severity by gestational age and Indigenous status, singleton live births, Québec, 1981–2008a
| Preterm birth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme (≤27 weeks) | Very (28–31 weeks) | Moderate (32–36 weeks) | All births | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | N | |
| Language by type of area | ||||
| Rest of Québec | ||||
| French/English | 0.27 (0.27–0.28) | 0.44 (0.43–0.45) | 5.1 (5.1–5.1) | 1,982,761 |
| Inuit | 0.39 (0.05–1.40) | 1.95 (0.94–3.56) | 10.3 (7.8–13.3) | 513 |
| First Nations | 0.13 (0.04–0.30) | 0.55 (0.34–0.84) | 5.3 (4.7–6.1) | 3,836 |
| Inuit–inhabited | ||||
| French/English | 0.29 (0.04–1.06) | 1.32 (0.61–2.50) | 11.0 (8.8–13.6) | 680 |
| Inuit | 0.49 (0.32–0.72) | 0.72 (0.50–1.00) | 8.3 (7.5–9.1) | 4,851 |
| First Nations–inhabited | ||||
| French/English | 0.42 (0.30–0.58) | 0.66 (0.50–0.85) | 5.7 (5.2–6.2) | 8,962 |
| First Nations | 0.25 (0.17–0.36) | 0.32 (0.22–0.44) | 5.4 (5.0–5.8) | 11,678 |
CI, confidence interval.
a
May not sum to total as the “other” language category is not shown. All χ2 tests for differences in proportions had p<0.0001.