Table 1. Characteristics of births analysed for the whole study period (2008–2018).
| n | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,433,265 | 100 | |
| Weight at birth (grams) | less than 2,500 | 131,424 | 2.42 |
| 2,500 or more | 5,301,841 | 97.58 | |
| Five-minute apgar score (points) | 7 or more | 5,408,366 | 99.54 |
| Less than 7 | 24,899 | 0.46 | |
| Number of prenatal visits | Mean | 6.421 | |
| SD | 2.47 | ||
| Educational level | University | 607,707 | 11.18 |
| Technical | 513,399 | 9.45 | |
| Secondary | 3,327,603 | 61.24 | |
| Primary or less | 984,556 | 18.12 | |
| Insurance scheme | Contributory/Except. | 2,336,907 | 43.01 |
| Subsidised | 2,762,535 | 50.84 | |
| Uninsured | 333,823 | 6.14 | |
| Maternal age (years) | Less than 20 | 1,209,561 | 22.26 |
| 20 to 24 | 1,598,826 | 29.43 | |
| 25 to 35 | 2,098,206 | 38.62 | |
| 35 to 39 | 413,799 | 7.62 | |
| 40 or more | 112,873 | 2.08 | |
| Newborns’ gender | Male | 2,778,611 | 51.14 |
| Female | 2,654,654 | 48.86 | |
| Location of residence | Urban | 4,307,949 | 79.29 |
| Small villages | 402,397 | 7.41 | |
| Rural | 722,919 | 13.31 | |
| Marital state | Married or in consensual union | 4,603,555 | 84.73 |
| Divorced or widowed | 31,614 | 0.58 | |
| Single | 798,096 | 14.69 | |
| Region of residence | Andina | 2,943,141 | 54.17 |
| Caribe | 1,343,610 | 24.73 | |
| Pacifica | 789,237 | 14.53 | |
| Orinoquia | 236,514 | 4.35 | |
| Amazonia | 120,763 | 2.22 | |
| Number of children (including this one) | One | 2,568,380 | 47.27 |
| Two | 1,685,201 | 31.02 | |
| Three | 700,498 | 12.89 | |
| Four | 257,309 | 4.74 | |
| Five or more | 221,877 | 4.08 |