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Table 1 Parental demographics, maternal risk factors, neonatal characteristics and institutional setting of births distributed by maternal ethnicity in Taiwan, 2006-2007*

From: Cesarean and VBAC rates among immigrant vs. native-born women: a retrospective observational study from Taiwan Cesarean delivery and VBAC among immigrant women in Taiwan

Characteristics‡

Taiwanese, n = 349,730

Chinese, n = 19,866

Vietnamese, n = 22,650

Total, n = 392,246

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Parental characteristics

   

Maternal age

    

   <20

9,303 (2.7)

7 (0.0)

2,080 (9.2)

11390(2.9)

   20-35

298,825 (85.4)

18,491 (93.1)

20,246 (89.4)

337,562(86.1)

   >35

41,602 (11.9)

1,368 (6.9)

324 (1.4)

43,294(11.0)

Paternal age (y/o)

   <25

21,893 (6.8)

166 (0.8)

211 (0.9)

22,270 (6.1)

   25-35

214,519 (66.3)

7,795 (39.6)

7,601 (33.9)

229,915 (62.8)

   >35

87,313 (27.0)

11,724 (59.6)

14,602 (65.1)

113,639 (31.1)

Single

26,002 (7.4%)

179 (0.9%)

236 (1.0%)

26,417 (6.7%)

History of cesarean

51,948(14.9%)

1.995(10.0%)

1,537(6.8%)

55480(14.1%)

Length of gestation

    

   Preterm

25,521(7.3)

839(4.2)

1287(5.7)

27,647(7.0)

   Term

323,451(92.5)

18923(95.3)

21,241(93.8)

363,615(92.7)

   Prolonged

758(0.2)

104(0.5)

122(0.5)

984(0.3)

Gestational age (wks),

38.4 ± 1.6

38.8 ± 1.4

38.6 ± 1.5

38.4 ± 1.6

Urbanization

   Urban

256,860 (73.4)

13,753 (69.2)

12,824 (56.6)

283,437 (72.3)

   Suburban

53,324 (15.2)

3,094 (15.6)

4,699 (20.7)

61,117 (15.6)

   Rural

39,546 (11.3)

3,019 (15.2)

5,127 (22.6)

47,692 (12.2)

Neonatal characteristics

    

Male

182,829(52.3)

10,392(52.3)

11,806(52.1)

205,027(52.3)

Birth weight <1SD

44,280(12.7)

1,463(7.4)

2,607(11.5)

48,350(12.3)

Birth weight intermediate

259,670(74.2)

14,530(73.1)

17,408(76.9)

291,608(74.3)

Birth weight >1SD

45,780(13.1)

3,873(19.5)

2,635(11.6)

52,288(13.3)

Maternal medical complications

   

Diabetes

2659(0.8)

55(0.3)

19(0.1)

2733(0.7)

Hypertension

4099(1.2)

72(0.4)

55(0.2)

4226(1.1)

Major obstetric complications

29627(8.5)

1233(6.2)

1197(5.3)

32057((8.2)

Institutional setting

    

   Clinic

111,776 (32.0)

7,186 (36.2)

10,290 (45.4)

129,252 (33.0)

   Hospital

237,954 (68.0)

12,680 (63.8)

12,360 (54.6)

262,994 (67.0)

  1. *Data received from the Taiwan Bureau of Health Promotion
  2. †Differences between Taiwanese and immigrant women are significant for gestational age, P < 0.01
  3. ‡Differences between Taiwanese and immigrant women (chi-square tests) are significant for all variables (maternal age, paternal age, marriage, hypertension, diabetes, major obstetric complications, length of gestation, urbanization residence, birth weight) at a p < 0.01, except male gender with P = 0.90)
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