Assessing the determinants of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths using routinely collected data in an inner city area

Table 2 Characteristics of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (ENND) compared with controls*

	Stillbirths		Controls		ENND		Controls
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Maternal age (years)
<20	19	5.6	84	6.1	13	6.3	50	6.1
20–29	113	33.6	600	43.9	91	44.4	369	45.1
30–39	181	53.9	641	46.9	97	47.3	376	46.0
40+	23	6.8	43	3.1	4	2.0	23	2.8
Ethnicity
White	138	40.4	642	46.9	126	61.5	402	49.0
Black Caribbean	50	14.6	187	13.7	18	8.8	117	14.3
Black African	89	26.0	319	23.3	37	18.0	170	20.7
South-east Asian	15	4.4	39	2.9	7	3.4	32	3.9
Other	50	14.6	181	13.2	17	8.3	99	12.1
Length of gestation (weeks)
<32	167	54.4	25	1.9	104	52.3	22	2.7
32–36	71	23.1	77	5.8	29	14.6	58	7.2
37+	69	22.5	1236	92.4	66	33.2	729	90.1
Birthweight (kg)
<0.75	29	9.2	3	0.2	6	3.4	3	0.4
0.75–0.999	91	28.9	15	1.1	63	35.4	10	1.2
1.0–1.499	51	16.2	11	0.8	17	9.6	12	1.5
1.5–2.499	68	21.6	71	5.2	32	18.0	49	6.0
2.5–2.999	29	9.2	278	20.4	29	16.3	164	20.2
3.0+	47	14.9	982	72.2	31	17.4	574	70.7
Gravida (mean)	2.59		2.35		2.25		2.24
Jarman score (mean)	21.44		20.93		19.11		20.28

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