Absence of disparities in anthropometric measures among Chilean indigenous and non-indigenous newborns

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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the newborn according to year of birth in indigenous and non indigenous newborns

Year	Total births	Mothers age (years)		Male/Female	Multiple births	Weeks of gestation	Prematurity*	Mothers schooling (%)
	(n)	Mean	(SD)	×100	(%)	(mean)	(%)	University	Secondary	Basic	None
2000
Indigenous	16,726	26.2	(6.6)	104.5	1.2	38.8	5.9	7.6	51.1	40.6	0.6
Non indigenous	221,184	26.9	(6.6)	105.5	1.7	38.7	6.0	19.2	59.2	21.2	0.2
2001
Indigenous	17,043	26.6	(6.7)	103.7	1.6	38.8	5.4	6.9	50.9	41.6	0.6
Non indigenous	220,060	27.0	(6.7)	103.6	1.9	38.7	6.0	18.0	59.1	22.4	0.2
2002
Indigenous	14,594	26.7	(6.7)	103.6	1.5	38.8	5.8	7.6	50.4	41.4	0.6
Non indigenous	216,531	27.1	(6.7)	104.3	1.9	38.7	6.3	19.0	59.4	21.2	0.2
2003
Indigenous	15,030	26.9	(6.7)	104.6	1.7	38.8	6.5	8.5	51.9	39.1	0.5
Non indigenous	214,993	27.2	(6.7)	104.4	1.8	38.7	6.5	20.6	59.0	20.2	0.2
2004
Indigenous	15,273	26.9	(6.9)	102.9	1.4	38.8	6.1	9.0	52.7	37.9	0.4
Non indigenous	215,079	27.3	(6.7)	104.0	1.8	38.6	6.9	22.0	58.7	19.1	0.2
Total
Indigenous	78,666	26.7	(6.7)	103.7	1.5	38.8	5.9	7.6	51.1	40.7	0.6
Non indigenous	1.087,847	27.1	(6.7)	104.5	1.8	38.7	6.4	19.3	59.2	21.2	0.2

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