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Table 3 Stillbirth during labour and early neonatal death by planned place of birth

From: Birthplace in New South Wales, Australia: an analysis of perinatal outcomes using routinely collected data

Planned place of birth

No. events/births

Incidence of events/1000

Unadjusted OR

Adjusted OR

All women

Total*

266/257 834

1.03

  

Hospital

255/242 665

1.05

1.00

1.00

Birth centre

10/14 476

0.69

0.66 (0.35-1.24)

0.66 (0.35-1.24)

Home birth

1/693

1.44

1.28 (0.18-9.17)

1.29 (0.18-9.23)

Nulliparous women

169/158 866

1.06

  

Hospital

158/149 417

1.06

1.00

1.00

Birth centre

10/9 145

1.09

1.03 (0.55-1.96)

0.99 (0.52-1.88)

Home birth

1/304

3.29

3.03 (0.42-21.70)

2.48 (0.34-18.02)

Multiparous women

96/99 022

N/A

N/A

N/A

Hospital

96/93 298

   

Birth centre

0/5 332

   

Home birth

0/392

Women without complications at start of care in labour

Total*

206/235 462

0.87

  

Hospital

198/221 056

0.90

1.00

1.00

Birth centre

8/13 718

0.58

0.65 (0.32-1.32)

0.63 (0.31-1.28)

Home birth

0/688

0.00

  

Nulliparous women

129/144 830

0.89

  

Hospital

121/135 897

0.89

1.00

1.00

Birth centre

8/8 633

0.93

1.04 (0.51-2.13)

0.95 (0.46-1.96)

Home birth

0/300

0.00

  

Multiparous women

77/90 632

N/A

N/A

N/A

Hospital

77/85 159

   

Birth centre

0/5 085

Home birth

0/388

  1. *Cases with missing data were not included in rates or regression calculations.
  2. N/A due to being unable to calculate a statistic due to zero events in the Birth Centre and Home Birth groups.