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. 2022 Dec 30;22:981. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05282-x

Table 3.

Infant birth outcomes by place of delivery

Infant birth outcome Place of Delivery
Institution Non-Institution Birthplace Unknown
No. (%) [N] or Mean (SD) [N] No. (%) [N] or Mean (SD) [N] RR (95% CI) p or Mean diff. (95% CI) p No. (%) [N] or Mean (SD) [N]
Female 1961 (49.3%) [3979] 262 (49.8%) [526] 1.02 (0.93, 1.11); 0.733 164 (48.5%) [338]
Birth weight (kg) 3.1 (0.5) [3824] 2.9 (0.6) [316] −0.17(−0.23, −0.11); < 0.001 3.0 (0.5) [161]
Low birthweight
  < 2.5 Kg 344 (9.0%) [3824] 47 (14.9%) [316] 1.65 (1.24, 2.19); < 0.001 3 (1.9%) [161]
  < 2.0 Kg 94 (2.5%) [3824] 24 (7.6%) [316] 3.09(2.00; 4.77)0.000 3 (1.9%) [161]
  < 1.5 Kg 25 (0.7%) [3824] 7 (2.2%) [316] 3.39(1.48;7.77)0.004 3 (1.9%) [161]
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)
Estimate 1 38.9 (2.4) [3288] 37.7 (3.0) [253] −1.15 (−1.46, −0.84); < 0.001 38.4 (2.8) [126]
Estimate 2 38.8 (2.6) [3440] 37.3 (4.4) [462] −1.54 (−1.81, −1.26); < 0.001 38.2 (4.4) [295]
Preterm (< 37 wk)
Estimate 1 555 (16.9%) [3288] 82 (32.4%) [253] 1.92 (1.58, 2.33); < 0.001 29 (23.0%) [126]
Estimate 2 592 (17.2%) [3441] 175 (37.9%) [462] 2.20 (1.92, 2.53); < 0.001 85 (28.1%) [303]
Small-for-gestational age (<10th centile) 524 (15.9%) [3288] 44 (17.4%) [253] 1.09 (0.82, 1.44); 0.541 23 (18.3%) [126]
Preterm AND Small-for-gestational age 33(1.0%) [3288] 8(3.2%) [253] 3.15 (1.47, 6.75); 0.003 2(1.6%) [126]
Stillbirth 50 (1.2%) [4029] 16 (3.0%) [542] 2.38 (1.36, 4.15); 0.002 47 (12.2%) [385]
Neonatal Death 94 (2.4%) [3979] 25 (4.8%) [526] 2.01 (1.31, 3.10); 0.001 33 (9.76%) [338]

Estimate 1 – does not include those with missing birthweight

Estimate 2 – includes those with missing birthweight