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Table 1 Maternal and infant characteristics of the population

From: The association between intrapartum interventions and immediate and ongoing breastfeeding outcomes: an Australian retrospective population-based cohort study

 

All births

(N = 599,191)a

Births that linked to CDIS dataset (N = 105,599)a

 

N (%)

N (%)

Parity

 Primiparous

269,018 (44.9)

48,526 (46.0)

 Multiparous

330,132 (55.1)

57,073 (54.0)

Sex of Baby

 Male

306,177 (51.1)

54,184 (51.3)

 Female

292,821 (48.9)

51,415 (48.7)

Admission Type

 Public hospital

444,742 (74.2)

74,781 (70.8)

 Private hospital

154,449 (25.8)

30,797 (29.2)

Maternal Age Group

  < 25 years

69,222 (11.6)

9301 (8.8)

 25–29 years

157,697 (26.3)

26,426 (25.0)

 30–34 years

220,975 (36.9)

41,845 (39.6)

 35–39 years

123,308 (20.6)

23,124 (21.9)

 40 years or older

27,800 (4.6)

4903 (4.6)

BMI

 Mean (SD)

25.78 (5.79)

25.58 (5.62)

Marital Status

 Married

424,745 (71.8)

NA

 De facto

102,758 (17.4)

NA

 Single

63,944 (10.8)

NA

Gestation (completed weeks)

 37

48,828 (4.1)

9161 (8.7)

 38

138,038 (23.0)

25,157 (23.8)

 39

175,726 (29.3)

32,090 (30.4)

 40

156,018 (26.0)

27,201 (25.8)

 41

76,262 (12.7)

11,561 (10.9)

 42 or more

4319 (0.7)

425 (0.4)

SEIFA quintile

 1 (most disadvantaged)

109,356 (19.5)

17,513 (16.7)

 2

111,313 (19.8)

20,151 (19.3)

 3

113,055 (20.1)

21,927 (21.0)

 4

113,558 (20.2)

21,824 (20.9)

 5 (least disadvantaged)

114,685 (20.4)

23,206 (22.2)

Smoking status during pregnancy

 Yes

53,029 (9.2)

7038 (7.0)

Country of Birth Region

 Australia

378,658 (63.6)

69,426 (66.1)

 Oceania and Antarctica

16,610 (2.8)

2258 (2.1)

 Americas

8338 (1.4)

1244 (1.2)

 South-East Asia

38,698 (6.5)

6148 (5.8)

 Southern and Central Asia

60,621 (10.2)

9827 (9.3)

 North-East Asia

29,507 (5.0)

6220 (5.9)

 North-West Europe

17,760 (3.0)

3280 (3.1)

 Southern and Eastern Europe

11,524 (1.9)

1676 (1.6)

 North Africa and the Middle East

20,718 (3.5)

3125 (3.0)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

13,076 (2.2)

1906 (1.8)

  1. Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, SEIFA Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas, NA not available
  2. aMissing values are excluded from the denominator