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Table 1 Characteristics of deliveries performed, by geographic origin of the mother

From: Ethnic differences in the use of intrapartum epidural analgesia

Geographic origin

N

%

% Cesarean

% Induced

%<20 Years

%>35 Years

Birth Weight

%Multiple Gestation

Spain

11995

57.0%

20.6%

19.3%

3.7%

16.8%

3230.6 (503.9)

1.7%

Central-South America

2426

11.5%

26.3%

16.2%

4.0%

12.7%

3350.3 (539.2)

1.4%

E Europe

774

3.7%

20.5%

15.9%

3.6%

10.3%

3348.6 (528.6)

0.9%

W Europe

1021

4.9%

20.8%

18.4%

0.9%

23.6%

3292.6 (550.5)

2.0%

United Kingdom

1104

5.2%

18.2%

16.9%

2.7%

26.1%

3346.5 (589.0)

1.8%

Other Africa

154

0.7%

32.5%

20.1%

1.3%

19.5%

3227.4 (561.1)

1.9%

Morocco

1771

8.4%

20.1%

19.0%

3.2%

17.1%

3382.5 (520.3)

1.2%

Asia

572

2.7%

19.9%

13.6%

1.9%

15.6%

3264.9 (514.1)

0.9%

Others/Unknown

1217

5.8%

21.9%

20.0%

2.9%

16.3%

3242.2 (515.3)

2.1%

Total

21034

100%

21.2%

18.5%

3.4%

16.9%

3272.2 (521.9)

1.6%

  1. Weight in grammes expressed as means (standard deviation).