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Table 1 Annual crude prevalence of pregnancy loss and distributions of operationally defined pregnant cases according to age and income levels between 2008 and 2014

From: Pregnancy loss and Income in the Republic of Korea using National Health Insurance Service Data, 2008–2014

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

P-value

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

               

<.0001a

Pregnant case

575,382

 

568,250

 

618,290

 

592,007

 

572,010

 

517,180

 

497,901

  

Pregnancy loss

78,955

(13.7)

78,178

(13.8)

88,119

(14.3)

86,359

(14.6)

87,418

(15.3)

85,051

(16.5)

87,047

(17.5)

 

Age (years)

              

<.0001

 20–24

48,486

(8.4)

42,626

(7.5)

45,055

(7.3)

41,132

(7.0)

38,409

(6.7)

34,585

(6.7)

32,426

(6.5)

 

 25–29

245,572

(42.7)

240,443

(42.3)

240,601

(38.9)

218,149

(36.9

189,836

(33.2)

158,018

(30.6)

141,541

(28.4)

 

 30–34

212,035

(36.9)

210,646

(37.1)

243,981

(39.5)

243,793

(41.2)

252,410

(44.1)

236,803

(45.8)

235,983

(47.4)

 

 35–39

59,794

(10.4)

64,083

(11.3)

75,969

(12.3)

76,053

(12.9)

76,989

(13.5)

74,209

(14.4)

73,782

(14.8)

 

 40–44

8914

(1.6)

9826

(1.7)

12,037

(2.0)

12,154

(2.1)

13,666

(2.4)

12,850

(2.5)

13,442

(2.7)

 

 45–49

581

(0.1)

626

(0.1)

647

(0.1)

726

(0.1)

700

(0.1)

715

(0.1)

727

(0.2)

 

Incomeb

              

<.0001

 Q0 (lowest)

4202

(0.7)

4378

(0.8)

5028

(0.8)

4654

(0.8)

4271

(0.8)

3456

(0.7)

3063

(0.6)

 

 Q1

110,516

(19.2)

108,177

(19.0)

116,866

(18.9)

106,348

(18.0)

99,512

(17.4)

88,434

(17.1)

82,476

(16.6)

 

 Q2

163,980

(28.5)

160,661

(28.3)

179,220

(29.0)

167,838

(28.4)

156,689

(27.4)

140,627

(27.2)

135,528

(27.2)

 

 Q3

193,465

(33.6)

193,068

(34.0)

209,500

(33.9)

204,715

(34.6)

202,021

(35.3)

184,480

(35.7)

178,350

(35.8)

 

 Q4 (highest)

103,219

(17.9)

101,966

(17.9)

107,676

(17.4)

108,452

(18.3)

109,517

(19.2)

100,183

(19.4)

98,484

(19.8)

 
  1. N: Number
  2. P value was calculated with Chi-square test a P for trend was calculated with Cochran-Armitage test
  3. b Q0: Medical aid beneficiaries, Q1: The lower class (75–100%), Q2: The lower-middle classes (50–74%), Q3: The upper-middle classes (25–49%), Q4: The upper class (1–24%)