TABLE 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Obstetric History of the Women by Province, SA, January 2005 to June 2006

	Overall (N = 2379)		GP (n = 1167)		NC (n = 1212)
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age at delivery documented, y
14–18	280	11.9	113	9.7	167	13.9
19–25	1007	42.6	481	41.2	526	43.9
26–30	516	21.9	246	21.2	270	22.5
31–35	350	14.9	198	17.0	152	12.7
36+	208	8.8	124	10.7	84	7.0
Age at delivery not documented	18		5		13
Marital status documented
Unmarried	1732	83.0	905	781.8	827	84.3
Married	354	17.0	200	18.1	153	15.6
Widowed/divorced	2	<0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1
Marital status not documented	291		60		231
Obstetric history
No. prior births documented
0	888	39.2	399	36.2	489	42.0
1	694	30.6	349	31.6	345	29.6
2+	685	30.2	354	32.0	331	28.4
No. prior births not documented	112		64		47
No. live births documented
0–1	710	75.6	404	76.7	306	74.3
2+	229	24.4	123	23.3	106	3.7
No. live births not documented	1440		640		800
No. stillborns documented
0	1237	96.0	705	97.2	532	94.5
1+	51	4.0	20	2.8	31	5.5
No. stillborns not documented	1091		442		649
No. miscarriages documented
0	1185	92.3	642	89.2	543	96.6
1+	99	7.7	80	11.8	19	3.4
No. miscarriages not documented	1095		445		650
No. infant deaths documented
0	1248	96.9	695	95.9	553	98.2
1+	40	3.1	30	4.1	10	1.8
No. infant deaths not documented	1091		442		649