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Table 3 Birth outcomes, Colorado singleton births, 1998–1999

From: Birth outcomes in Colorado's undocumented immigrant population

Newborn characteristics

Undocumented immigrants N = 5961

All other women N = 112,943

 

Mean birth weight

3268 gms

3250 gms

0.01

Very low birth weight (<1500 gms)

1.1%

1.0%

0.70

Low birth weight (<2500 gms)

5.3%

6.5%

<.001

Mean gestational age

39.1 weeks

38.9 weeks

<.001

Pre-term births (<37 weeks)

12.9%

14.5%

0.001

1-minute Apgar

7.68

7.73

<.01

5-minute Apgar

8.8

8.9

<.01

1-minute Apgar <5 (%)

7.8%

6.0%

<.001

5-minute Apgar <5 (%)

1.0%

0.7%

<.01

Abnormal conditions of the newborn

10.0%

7.8%

<.001

Congenital defects of the newborn

1.0%

1.2%

0.41