Delivery of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services: baseline data for an ongoing quality improvement initiative

Table 2 Birth outcomes

	NT Top End	NT Central Australia	Far West NSW	WA	North QLD	Total
No. of health centres \| client records	13 \| 136	2 \| 45	6 \| 103	9 \| 193	4 \| 58	34 \| 535
Mean gestational age at birth (weeks)	38.8	38.8	38.8	38.4	38.3	38.6
Mean infant birth weight (grams)^†	3203	3391	3415	3101	2995	3198*
Proportion of infants < 2500 grams at birth^†	5%	7%	5%	14%	15%	10%
Proportion of infants < 37 weeks gestation	6%	11%	7%	14%	15%	11%
Type of birth
Vaginal	64%	69%	60%	77%	52%	67%
Caesarean section	25%	29%	23%	22%	8%	22%*
Unknown	11%	2%	17%	1%	40%	11%*

† Birth weights were known for 468 infants, which accounted for 87% of the whole sample.
* P < 0.05 for comparisons between regions.

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