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. 2015 Dec 22;1(2):e22. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.4939

Table 1.

Age of participants and referent population in each country.




Age in years at end of pregnancy



n (%)

Mean (SD) n <20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 >40
Denmark a

PROTECTf 31.5 (4.6) 639 1 (0.2) 43 (6.7) 214 (33.5) 237 (37.1) 118 (18.5) 26 (4.1)

National 30.9 (5.1) 55,225 750 (1.35) 6192 (11.21) 17,112 (30.98) 19,319 (34.98) 9769 (17.68) 2083 (3.77)
The Netherlands b

PROTECTf 31.3 (4.3) 476 1 (0.2) 29 (6.1) 153 (32.1) 206 (43.3) 74 (15.5) 13 (2.7)

National 2012 30.9 (4.9) 173,085 2257 (1.30) 17,727 (10.24) 53,181 (30.72) 64,498 (37.26) 29,562 (17.07) 5860 (3.38)
Poland c

PROTECTf 29.8 (4.2) 241 1 (0.4) 29 (12.0) 109 (45.2) 77 (32.0) 22 (9.1) 3 (1.2)

National 29.2 (NAa) 370,932 14,522 (3.91) 63,158 (17.02) 131,373 (35.41) 110,192 (29.70) 43,554 (11.74) 8133 (2.19)
United Kingdom d

PROTECTf 31.7 (5.1) 709 5 (0.7) 67 (9.4) 183 (25.8) 266 (37.5) 159 (22.4) 29 (4.1)

England & Wales 2013 30.0 (NAe) 698,512 29,136 (4.17) 119,719 (17.13) 196,693 (28.15) 212,306 (30.39) 111,500 (15.96) 29,158 (4.17)

aThe Birth Register at Statens Serum Institut; also see website [9].

bStichting Perinatale Registratie Nederland: Perinatale Zorg in Nederland 2012. Utrecht: Stichting Perinatale Registratie Nederland 2013

cCentral Statistical Office of Poland [10,11]

dUK Office for National Statistics, Age England & Wales 2013

eNA: not available

fPROTECT: Pharmacoepidemiological Research on Outcomes of Therapeutics by a European ConsorTium