Table 3.
Rates of adverse perinatal outcomes among planned home and hospital births
| Planned low risk at home | Planned low risk in hospital | p Value | |
| n = 3202 | n = 701,058 | ||
| Stillbirth | 2 (0.62 per 1000) | 906 (1.29 per 1000) | 0.29 |
| Neonatal death | 3 (0.94 per 1000) | 262 (0.37 per 1000) | 0.10 |
| Perinatal Mortality | 5 (1.6 per 1000) | 1168 (1.7 per 1000) | 0.90 |
| Admission to SCN | 58 (1.8%) | 58,303 (8.3%) | < 0.001 |
| Admission to NICU | 14 (0.4%) | 1721 (0.2%) | 0.03 |
| Apgar< 7 @ 5 min | 29 (0.9%) | 8739 (1.2%) | 0.08 |
| HIE | 0 (0%) | 133 (0.2%) | 0.44 |
| Birth Traumaa | 46 (1.4%) | 46,502 (6.6%) | < 0.001 |
| Intrauterine hypoxia | 47 (1.5%) | 40,760 (5.8%) | < 0.001 |
| Other perinatal morbidityb | 8 (0.3%) | 1113 (0.2%) | 0.20 |
| Composite Morbidity | 115 (3.6%) | 94,094 (13.4%) | < 0.001 |
| Planned high risk at home | Planned high risk in hospital | p Value | |
| n = 755 | n = 131,726 | ||
| Stillbirth | 3 (4 per 1000) | 370 (2.8 per 1000) | 0.55 |
| Neonatal Death | 4 (5.3 per 1000) | 97 (0.74 per 1000) | < 0.001 |
| Perinatal Mortality | 7 (9.3 per 1000) | 467 (3.5 per 1000) | 0.009 |
| Admission to SCN | 33 (4.4%) | 17,995 (13.7%) | < 0.001 |
| Admission to NICU | 12 (1.6%) | 555 (0.4%) | < 0.001 |
| Apgar< 7 @ 5 min | 18 (2.4%) | 2390 (1.8%) | 0.24 |
| HIE | 1 (0.13%) | 42 (0.03%) | 0.13 |
| Birth Traumaa | 23 (3.1%) | 10,056 (7.6%) | < 0.001 |
| Intrauterine hypoxia | 24 (3.2%) | 8714 (6.6%) | < 0.001 |
| Other perinatal morbidityb | 3 (0.4%) | 287 (0.2%) | 0.29 |
| Composite Morbidity | 59 (7.8%) | 22,223 (16.9%) | < 0.001 |
aBirth trauma includes brachial plexus injury, fractured clavicle or humerus
bOther perinatal morbidity includes meconium aspiration syndrome, congenital pneumonia or respiratory distress syndrome