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Table 6 Incidence of normal labour and birth 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

117 447/257 888

45.5

  

Hospital

106 869/242 715

44.0

1.00

1.00

Birth centre

9 948/14 377

69.2

2.79 (2.69-2.90)

3.51 (3.38-3.65)

Home birth

630/696

90.9

7.16 (5.86-8.76)

8.00 (6.46¬-9.90)

Women without complications at start of care in labour

Total

108 167/235 462

45.9

  

Hospital

98 050/221 056 9

44.4

1.00

1.00

Birth centre

495/13 718

69.2

2.82 (2.72-2.93)

3.54 (3.41-3.69)

Home birth

622/688

90.4

6.98 (5.71-8.54)

7.82 (6.31-¬9.69)

  1. NB: Normal labour and birth – spontaneous labour, no epidural or spinal, general anaesthesia, forceps, vacuum extraction or episiotomy for the mother.