Table 5 Birth outcomes and complications of undocumented migrants vs. women with legal residency status (control group) who delivered at the Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland between February 2005 and October 2006
From: Undocumented migrants lack access to pregnancy care and prevention
Characteristic or measurement | Undocumented births (n = 106) | Missing n (%) | Control group (n = 229) | Missing n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gravidity (SD) | 2.3 (1.4) | - | 2.4 (1.4) | - | 0.97 |
Parity (SD) | 1.7 (1.0) | - | 1.7 (0.9) | - | 0.99 |
Mean gestational age (SD) | 38.9 (1.9) | - | 39.4 (1.4) | - | 0.02 |
Pre-term births (< 37 weeks) | 8.5% | Â | 3.9% | Â | 0.09 |
Post-term births (> 40 weeks) | 15.1% | - | 21.0% | - | 0.20 |
Delivery: | Â | - | Â | - | 0.14 |
   Vaginal spontaneous | 59.8% |  | 63.9% |  |  |
   Forceps | 3.7% |  | 4.3% |  |  |
   Vacuum | 11.2% |  | 10.9% |  |  |
   Cesarean | 25.2% |  | 20.0% |  |  |
Complications during pregnancy | 31.1% | - | 33.6% | - | 0.70 |
Complications during delivery* | 26.3% | - | 32.8% | - | 0.36 |
Complications during post partum | 3.7% | - | 2.2% | - | 0.41 |
Sex of the child (male) | 50.5% | - | 54.6% | 1 (0.4) | 0.48 |
Health of the child | Â | - | Â | - | Â |
   Good health | 96.2% |  | 95.6% |  | 0.53 |
   Born dead | 0.9% |  | 0.4% |  | 0.58 |
   Transfer to Neonatology for serious health hazard) | 3 (2.8%) |  | 9 (3.9%) |  | 0.44 |
Birth weight in g (SD) | 3293.9 (521) | - | 3380.9 (495) | - | 0.15 |
   Low birth weight (< 2500 g) | 4.7% |  | 2.6% |  | 0.24 |
Apgar 1 (mean (SD)) | 8.5 (1.4) | - | 8.7 (1.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0.43 |
Apgar 2 (mean (SD)) | 9.7 (0.8) | - | 9.7 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0.73 |
Apgar 3 (mean (SD)) | 9.9 (0.5) | - | 9.9 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 0.86 |
Neonatal Complications | 2.8% | - | 6.6% | - | 0.07 |