Table 3.
Demographic characteristics
| Hospital n = 464,630 (%) |
Birth Centre n = 29,933(%) |
Home n = 1824 (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age (Years) Mean (SD) | 28.9 (5.3) | 29.7 (5.1) | 31.7 (4.7) |
| <20 | 20,733 (4.5) | 767 (2.6) | 19 (1.0) |
| 20-24 | 81,183 (17.1) | 4189 (14.0) | 118 (6.2) |
| 25-29 | 142,161 (30.0) | 9110 (30.4) | 439 (23.2) |
| 30-34 | 147,523 (31.1) | 10,271 (34.3) | 700 (37.0) |
| 35-39 | 68,094 (14.4) | 5251 (17.5) | 504 (26.7) |
| >40 | 4936 (1.1) | 345 (1.2) | 111 (5.9) |
| Previous pregnancies (>20 weeks) | |||
| 0 | 209,664 (45.1) | 12,782 (42.7) | 546 (29.9) |
| 1 | 150,364 (32.4) | 10,727 (35.8) | 662 (36.3) |
| 2 | 65,633 (14.1) | 4460 (14.9) | 373 (20.4) |
| > 3 | 38,969 (8.4) | 1964 (6.6) | 243 (13.3) |
| Gestation (weeks) Mean (SD) | 39.5 (1.04) | 39.6 (1.04) | 39.7 (1.02) |
| 37 | 22,518 (4.8) | 1073 (3.6) | 66 (3.6) |
| 38 | 62,166 (13.4) | 3231 (10.8) | 163 (8.9) |
| 39 | 129,050 (27.8) | 7930 (26.5) | 370 (20.3) |
| 40 | 185,175 (39.9) | 11,558 (38.6) | 821 (45.0) |
| 41 | 65,721 (14.1) | 6141 (20.5) | 404 (22.1) |