Table 2.
Pregnancy outcomes
| Indicator | Asylum seekers (n = 344) |
Dutch population (n = 2323) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal mortalitya | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
| Perinatal mortality | 11 (3.2) | 14 (0.6) | 0.000 |
| Gestational age at delivery in daysb | 0.000 | ||
| Median | 277 | 272 | |
| Range | 166–302 | 112–296 | |
| Uncertain due datec | 114 (33.1) | 52 (2.2) | 0.000 |
| Prematurity (< 37 weeks) | 44 (12.8) | 248 (10.7) | 0.242 |
| Birth weightd | 0.000 | ||
| Median | 3265 | 3385 | |
| Range | 780–5050 | 920–5100 | |
| SGAe | 41 (13.9) | 172 (8.4) | 0.002 |
| APGAR score after 5 min | 0.054 | ||
| Median (Mean) | 10 (9.26) | 10 (9.62) | |
| Range | 0–10 | 0–10 | |
| Postnatal hospitalization mother in days | 0.006 | ||
| Median (Mean) | 1 (2.24) | 1 (1.72) | |
| Range | 0–20 | 0–27 | |
| IUFD | 8 (2.3) | 4 (0.2) | 0.000 |
| Start of labour | |||
| Spontaneous start | 175 (50.9) | 985 (42.4) | 0.003 |
| Inducing labour | 127 (36.9) | 1018 (43.8) | 0.016 |
| Primary caesarean section | 42 (12.2) | 320 (13.8) | 0.429 |
| Mode of delivery | |||
| Spontaneous birth | 188 (54.7) | 1317 (56.7) | 0.476 |
| Vacuum or forceps assisted delivery | 63 (18.3) | 371 (16.0) | 0.272 |
| Caesarean section | 93 (27.0) | 635 (27.3) | 0.907 |
| Pain management | |||
| Opioid analgesic | 94 (27.3) | 512 (22.0) | 0.029 |
| Epidural | 79 (23.0) | 438 (18.9) | 0.072 |
Data are expressed as n (%) except where otherwise indicated
SGA, Small for gestational age; IUFD, Intrauterine foetal death
aMissing data: 58 from Asylum seekers and 296 from Dutch population
bMissing data: 1 from Dutch population
cMissing data: 4 from Dutch population
dMissing data: 2 from asylum seekers and 10 from the Dutch population
eMissing data: 49 from Asylum seekers and 275 from Dutch population