Table 6.

Incidence of normal labour and birth by planned place of birth

Planned place of birth	No. events/births	Incidence of events/1000	Unadjusted OR	Adjusted OR
All women
Total	117 447/257 888	45.5
Hospital	106 869/242 715	44.0	1.00	1.00
Birth centre	9 948/14 377	69.2	2.79 (2.69-2.90)	3.51 (3.38-3.65)
Home birth	630/696	90.9	7.16 (5.86-8.76)	8.00 (6.46¬-9.90)
Women without complications at start of care in labour
Total	108 167/235 462	45.9
Hospital	98 050/221 056 9	44.4	1.00	1.00
Birth centre	495/13 718	69.2	2.82 (2.72-2.93)	3.54 (3.41-3.69)
Home birth	622/688	90.4	6.98 (5.71-8.54)	7.82 (6.31-¬9.69)

NB: Normal labour and birth – spontaneous labour, no epidural or spinal, general anaesthesia, forceps, vacuum extraction or episiotomy for the mother.