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Table 1 Descriptives of the whole sample of women, stratified by origin (1,026 women and 1,053 newborns)

From: Descriptive analysis of childbirth healthcare costs in an area with high levels of immigration in Spain

 

Overall (N = 1,026)

Spanish-born mothers (N = 462)

Foreign-born mothers (N = 564)

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

p*

Age [mean (SD)]

30.4 (6.0)

30.25 (6.2)

30.54 (5.9)

0.444

Prenatal care

784

76.4

332

71.9

452

80.1

0.002

Delivery type

       

   Vaginal non-instrumented

575

56.0

253

54.8

322

57.0

 

   Vaginal instrumented

171

16.7

81

17.5

90

16,0

 

   Cesarean section

280

27.3

128

27.7

152

27.0

0.722

Maternal severity

       

   Mild

519

50.6

208

45,0

311

55.1

 

   Moderate

480

46.8

237

51.3

243

43.1

 

   Severe

27

2.6

17

3.7

10

1.8

0.002

Neonatal severity

       

   Non-admitted

323

31.5

158

34.2

165

29.3

 

   Mild

609

59.3

266

57.6

343

60.8

 

   Moderate

81

7.9

32

6.9

49

8.7

 

   Severe

13

1.3

6

1.3

7

1.2

0.332

Multiple birth

26

2.5

15

3.2

11

1.9

0.232

  1. SD: Standard Deviation. * Exact Chi-square test.
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