Table 3 Population characteristics by jurisdiction (2003/2004 to 2007/2008)
From: The safety of Canadian rural maternity services: a multi-jurisdictional cohort analysis
Characteristics | No. (%) of women from AB | No. (%) of women from BC | No. (%) of women from NS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 70,037 | n = 61,991 | n = 18,769 | ||
Age | <18 | 1618 (2.3) | 1256 (2.0) | 413 (2.2) |
>35 | 5127 (7.3) | 8866 (14.3) | 2387 (12.7) | |
Multiparious | 41730 (59.6) | 35089 (56.6) | 10656 (56.8) | |
Prior stillbirth | 756 (1.1) | 483 (0.8) | 145 (0.8) | |
Prior neonatal death | 393 (0.6) | 285 (0.5) | 63 (0.3) | |
Hypertension (pre-existing & gestational) | 3754 (5.4) | 3581 (5.8) | 1439 (7.7) | |
Diabetes (pre-existing & gestational) | 2325 (3.3) | 2151 (3.5) | 877 (4.7) | |