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. 2022 Aug 4;42(10):1328–1337. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01467-6

Table 1.

Demographic and infection characteristics of pregnant persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection by trimester of infection and disease severity.

[Total unweighted number of persons with available information] Weighted %a (95% CI)
Trimester in which SARS-CoV-2 infection occurredb COVID-19 severity
Characteristic Total 1st 2nd 3rdc Mild Moderate-to-severe Critical Asymptomatic
Total [6336] 13.9 (10.9–16.9) 39.5 (35.5–43.5) 46.6 (42.5–50.7) 57.3 (53.1–61.5) 25 (20.8–29.3) 3.5 (2.5–4.5) 14.2 (11.2–17.1)
Age (years) [6333] [991] [2560] [2782] [3968] [1267] [283] [815]
Median (IQR) 29.4 (8.1) 28.6 (7.2) 29.9 (8.5) 29.2 (8) 29.2 (7.7) 30.6 (8.1) 32.3 (9) 27.6 (8.3)
 <20 4.7 (3.5–5.9) 4.7 (2.4–7) 4.1 (2.2–5.9) 5.2 (3.2–7.2) 4.1 (3–5.3) 3.9 (1.1–6.6) 8.4 (0–20.7) 7.6 (3.1–12.1)
 20–24 17.7 (15.2–20.2) 22.2 (12.9–31.6) 17.1 (13.2–21) 16.8 (13.7–19.9) 18.6 (15.3–22) 13.3 (9.2–17.3) 6.7 (4.2–9.3) 24.2 (16–32.5)
 25–29 31.3 (27.2–35.4) 30.5 (21.1–40) 29.1 (23–35.2) 33.4 (26.9–39.9) 35 (29.9–40.2) 23.1 (16.9–29.4) 23.8 (11.9–35.7) 32.7 (18.8–46.5)
 30–34 27.8 (24.1–31.5) 30.8 (17.4–44.3) 28 (23.3–32.6) 26.8 (21.3–32.3) 26 (22.9–29.2) 33.7 (22.4–45) 35.5 (22.7–48.3) 22.7 (15.7–29.7)
 35–39 14.9 (11.8–18) 9.3 (6.5–12.2) 17.9 (11.1–24.6) 14.1 (11.2–17) 12.4 (10.2–14.5) 22.6 (12.2–32.9) 21.4 (11–31.8) 10.2 (6.4–14.1)
 40+ 3.6 (2.4–4.7) 2.3 (1.2–3.5) 3.8 (1.3–6.4) 3.7 (2.3–5) 3.8 (1.9–5.7) 3.5 (1.7–5.4) 4.2 (2.4–6) 2.6 (1.1–4.1)
Race/ethnicityd [6150] [973] [2482] [2695] [3858] [1229] [269] [794]
 Asian, non-Hispanic 4.4 (3.4–5.4) 3.5 (2–5.1) 3.7 (2.2–5.2) 5.2 (3.4–7) 3.9 (2.6–5.1) 4.8 (2.3–7.2) 7.4 (3.8–10.9) 5.1 (1.4–8.7)
 Black, non-Hispanic 13.1 (10.9–15.2) 25.7 (14.4–37.1) 9.8 (8.2–11.3) 12 (9.7–14.3) 14.4 (11.1–17.8) 9 (6.4–11.5) 18.7 (11–26.3) 13.4 (9.5–17.3)
 Hispanic or Latino 52.2 (48.4–56) 44.9 (32.6–57.3) 52.2 (46–58.4) 54.4 (48.9–59.9) 47.5 (42.8–52.2) 55.7 (46–65.6) 60 (48.1–71.9) 62.6 (53.5–71.7)
 White, non-Hispanic 27.7 (24.7–30.6) 23.6 (17.6–29.7) 31.6 (26–37.2) 25.5 (21.7–29.4) 31 (27.4–34.6) 28.5 (20.2–36.8) 12.9 (8–17.9) 16.5 (11.5–21.5)
 Multiple or none of the above, non-Hispanic 2.7 (2–3.4) 2.1 (1.4–2.8) 2.7 (1.6–3.9) 2.9 (1.7–4) 3.2 (2–4.3) 2 (0.9–3.1) 1 (0.3–1.8) 2.5 (1.3–3.7)
Health insurance at delivery [4745] [680] [1843] [2222] [2674] [1107] [180] [784]
 Private 45.7 (40.9–50.5) 44.1 (29–59.2) 47.7 (40.1–55.4) 44.4 (37.8–51) 48.4 (42.7–54.1) 43.5 (32–55) 41.1 (23.9–58.3) 41 (28.1–53.9)
 Medicaid 50.8 (46–55.5) 53.5 (38.7–68.3) 47.9 (40.6–55.1) 52.4 (45.8–59) 48.8 (43.2–54.5) 51.7 (40.3–63) 54.5 (37.4–71.7) 55 (42.7–67.4)
 Other/Self-pay/none 3.6 (2.2–4.9) 2.4 (1.4–3.5) 4.4 (1.4–7.4) 3.2 (1.9–4.5) 2.8 (2–3.6) 4.8 (0.3–9.4) 3.9 (2–5.9) 3.9 (2–5.9)
 Maternal education [4820] [842] [2018] [1960] [3256] [922] [191] [451]
 Less than high school 12.2 (10.5–14) 11.3 (7.4–15.2) 11.1 (8.3–13.9) 13.8 (11.1–16.6) 12.6 (10.4–14.9) 11.1 (7.7–14.4) 22.3 (18.2–26.5) 10.1 (5.1–15.1)
 High school 29.8 (25.2–34.4) 26 (17.4–34.6) 27.5 (22.2–32.8) 33.8 (25–42.5) 26.4 (22.9–30) 29.8 (19.9–39.7) 28.6 (23–34.2) 48.7 (28.1–69.3)
 Some college 29.4 (24.7–34.1) 38.4 (27.3–49.4) 24.9 (19.8–30) 30.3 (21.7–39) 29.5 (24.9–34.2) 32.7 (19–46.4) 25.9 (19.6–32.2) 22.8 (12.3–33.2)
 College or greater 28.6 (24–33.1) 24.4 (19.2–29.6) 36.5 (28–45) 22.1 (17.9–26.2) 31.4 (25.7–37.1) 26.4 (16.6–36.3) 23.2 (16.9–29.4) 18.4 (10–26.8)
Underlying medical conditions [5968] [954] [2405] [2609] [3778] [1191] [267] [732]
 Anye 37.5 (33.8–41.2) 29.2 (21.7–36.7) 41.8 (35.4–48.3) 36.5 (31.3–41.7) 35.4 (31.4–39.6) 43.2 (32.7–53.7) 45.2 (32–58.4) 33.7 (23.8–43.6)
 Prepregnancy obesityf 36.5 (33.2–39.8) 26.9 (21.1–32.6) 39.6 (33.7–45.5) 37.2 (33.2–41.3) 34.9 (31.1–38.8) 41.6 (33–50.2) 44.5 (33.5–55.5) 32.9 (24.8–41)
 Chronic lung disease 13.7 (10.7–16.7) 12 (6.7–17.3) 13.3 (8–18.6) 14.5 (10.1–18.9) 11.3 (8.5–14) 18 (9.9–26.1) 12.4 (5.2–19.7) 14.6 (5.3–23.9)
 Chronic hypertension 3.9 (3.2–4.7) 3.8 (2.1–5.5) 3.9 (2.9–4.8) 4.1 (2.7–5.4) 3.6 (2.8–4.4) 3.5 (2–4.9) 6.8 (3.6–10.1) 5.3 (1.7–8.9)
 Diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2 3.1 (1.7–4.5) 1.3 (0.8–1.8) 3.6 (0.7–6.5) 3.2 (1.6–4.9) 1.6 (1.1–2.1) 6 (1.1–10.9) 4.1 (1.6–6.6) 3.8 (0–7.7)
 Cardiovascular disease 3.1 (2–4.2) 1.9 (0.7–3.1) 4.5 (1.7–7.2) 2.3 (1.5–3.1) 2.4 (1.7–3.1) 3.8 (0.8–6.7) 16.5 (0–35.1) 1.3 (0.5–2)
 Immunosuppression 1.4 (1–1.8) 1.9 (0.4–3.3) 2 (1–3.1) 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 1.8 (1.1–2.6) 0.5 (0.2–0.9) 4.2 (1–7.4) 0.8 (0–1.6)
 Pregnancy-related condition [5929] [950] [2408] [2571] [3760] [1187] [266] [716]
 Gestational diabetes 12.3 (9.2–15.4) 12.2 (5.3–19.2) 14.7 (8–21.4) 10.3 (8–12.5) 11.3 (8.5–14.1) 15.8 (5.6–26) 18.6 (10.4–26.8) 8.9 (4.5–13.2)
 Hypertensive disorders in pregnancyg 13.1 (10.8–15.4) 16.6 (8.5–24.7) 13.6 (9.7–17.5) 11.6 (8.9–14.2) 12.8 (9.9–15.7) 12.4 (7.8–16.9) 11.6 (6.7–16.6) 15.7 (7.9–23.6)
Delivery status [6336] [992] [2561] [2783] [3969] [1268] [283] [816]
 Term 89 (87.4–90.6) 92.6 (90.1–95) 90.7 (88.2–93.1) 86.6 (83.9–89.3) 92.4 (91.1–93.7) 90 (86.4–93.5) 62.5 (49.7–75.4) 80.3 (73.3–87.2)
 Preterm 11 (9.4–12.6) 7.4 (5–9.9) 9.3 (6.9–11.8) 13.4 (10.7–16.1) 7.6 (6.3–8.9) 10 (6.5–13.6) 37.5 (24.6–50.3) 19.7 (12.8–26.7)
  Extremely preterm (22–27 weeks) 5.5 (1.2–9.7) 7.2 (3.3–11) 14.2 (2.5–25.9) 2.3 (1.3–3.4) 2.7 (0.8–4.6) 22.3 (0–50.1) 4.9 (0.1–9.6)
  Early preterm (28–31 weeks) 9.6 (5.1–14.1) 5.7 (2.1–9.4) 17.2 (5.6–29) 5.8 (3.4–8.1) 7.2 (3.6–10.7) 7.3 (1.5–13.2) 13.2 (6.7–19.7) 13.7 (0–28.8)
  Moderately preterm (32–33 weeks) 9.7 (5.9–13.5) 10.1 (5.1–15.2) 7.4 (4–10.7) 11 (4.7–17.3) 9.6 (5.2–13.9) 12.7 (0–26.4) 14.8 (6.4–23.2) 4.8 (2.5–7)
  Late preterm (34–36 weeks) 75.3 (68.8–81.7) 77 (69.3–84.7) 61.2 (48–74.4) 83.3 (76.7–89.9) 80.9 (75.5–86.4) 77.2 (63.1–91.3) 29.7 (29.2–70.2) 76.7 (61.5–91.8)
  Trimester in which SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred [6336] [3969] [1268] [283] [816]
 First 13.9 (10.9–16.9) 16.9 (13.6–20.1) 12.9 (3.7–22.1) 3.6 (2.4–4.8) 6.4 (4.4–8.4)
 Second 39.5 (35.5–43.5) 39.4 (34.8–43.9) 44 (33.5–54.4) 44.4 (30.2–58.5) 30.9 (21.8–40)
 Thirdc 46.6 (42.5–50.7) 43.7 (39.1–48.3) 43.1 (32.9–53.3) 52.1 (38.3–65.9) 62.7 (52.9–72.5)
Severity of COVID-19 [6336] [992] [2561] [2783]
 Mild 57.3 (53.1–61.5) 69.4 (55.9–82.9) 57.2 (50.6–63.7) 53.9 (47.8–59.9)
 Moderate-to-severe 25 (20.8–29.3) 23.2 (8.8–37.6) 27.8 (21–34.7) 23.1 (17.6–28.7)
 Critical 3.5 (2.6–4.5) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 3.9 (2–5.9) 3.9 (2.7–5.2)
 Asymptomatic 14.2 (11.2–17.1) 6.5 (4.4–8.6) 11 (7.9–14.3) 19 (13.5–24.6)

SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019.

aPercentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

bBased on date of first positive test.

cExcludes persons infected at ≥37 weeks.

dPregnant persons with reported race and ethnicity information were grouped as Hispanic or non-Hispanic White, Asian, Black, multiple, or other. Multiple or other race/ethnicity contains American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, other race as reported by jurisdictions, and more than one race indicated. Pregnant persons with missing or unknown ethnicity and non-Hispanic ethnicity with missing race were considered missing race/ethnicity.

eIncludes one or more of the following underlying medical conditions: prepregnancy obesity, chronic lung disease, chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2, cardiovascular disease, and immunosuppression.

fPrepregnancy obesity defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m2.

gIncludes pregnancy-induced hypertension (gestational hypertension), preeclampsia, eclampsia, and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome.