Table 1. Socio-Demographic and Infant Characteristics of Women by Birth Location and Funding Type, Queensland, Australia 01/07/2012 – 30/06/2014.
| Characteristic | Birth Location and Funding Type | ||
|
Private Hospital,
n = 44254 |
Public Hospital, Public Patient,
n = 105343 |
Public Hospital, Private Patient, n = 6113 | |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| First pregnancy | 15196 (34.3) | 30030 (28.5) | 1809 (29.6) |
| Singleton pregnancy | 42344 (95.7) | 102644 (97.4) | 5934 (97.1) |
| Had a medical condition | 8877 (20.0) | 28088 (26.7) | 1269 (20.8) |
| Smoked before 20 weeks | 713 (1.6) | 19814 (18.9) | 653 (10.8) |
| Indigenous mother | 157 (0.4) | 9091 (8.6) | 184 (3.0) |
| SEIFA quintile 1, (lowest) | 473 (1.0) | 8641 (8.3) | 983 (16.2) |
| SEIFA quintile 2 | 759 (1.8) | 4152 (4.0) | 312 (5.1) |
| SEIFA quintile 3 | 6304 (14.6) | 24485 (23.4) | 1306 (21.5) |
| SEIFA quintile 4 | 18456 (42.7) | 44459 (42.4) | 2154 (35.4) |
| SEIFA quintile 5, (highest) | 17219 (39.9) | 23021 (22.0) | 1333 (21.9) |
| Had a pregnancy complication | 29934 (67.6) | 69474 (66.0) | 4032 (66.0) |
| Gestation at birth less than 37 weeks | 2363 (5.3) | 5924 (5.6) | 348 (5.6) |
| Baby’s 5-minute Apgar score less than 7 | 643 (1.5) | 3096 (2.9) | 155 (2.5) |
| Baby admitted to special care nursery | 5786 (13.1) | 19465 (18.5) | 1124 (18.4) |
| Baby admitted to neonatal intensive care unit | 757 (1.7) | 3106 (3.0) | 144 (2.4) |
| Caesarean section birth | 21620 (48.9) | 29008 (27.5) | 2063 (33.8) |
| Mother’s BMI, mean ± SD | 24.6 ± 5.2 | 25.7 ± 6.3 | 25.7 ± 5.8 |
| Mother’s age, mean ± SD | 32.6 ± 4.5 | 28.7 ± 5.8 | 29.9 ± 5.5 |
Abbreviations: SEIFA, socio-economic index for areas; BMI, body mass index.