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Table 3 Maternal Characteristics and Risk of Stillbirth in Global Network sites, 2010–2018

From: Stillbirth 2010–2018: a prospective, population-based, multi-country study from the Global Network

 

Stillbirth

Live Birth

RRa for stillbirth vs. live birth (95% CI)

Maternal age, N (%)

15,576

535,960

 

 < 20

1690 (10.9)

68,421 (12.8)

1.0 (1.0, 1.1)

 20–35

12,724 (81.7)

443,093 (82.7)

1.0

 > 35

1162 (7.5)

24,446 (4.6)

1.6 (1.5, 1.8)

Education, N (%)

15,558

535,272

 

 No formal education

6099 (39.2)

126,678 (23.7)

1.7 (1.5, 1.9)

 Primary

3968 (25.5)

157,969 (29.5)

1.3 (1.2, 1.4)

 Secondary

4763 (30.6)

213,538 (39.9)

1.2 (1.1, 1.3)

 University+

728 (4.7)

37,087 (6.9)

1.0

Parity, N (%)

15,445

533,588

 

 0

4972 (32.2)

172,516 (32.3)

1.3 (1.2, 1.3)

 1–2

5273 (34.1)

225,205 (42.2)

1.0

 > 2

5200 (33.7)

135,867 (25.5)

1.4 (1.3, 1.4)

Last pregnancy resulted in a live birth, N (%)

10,469

361,010

 

 Yes

9136 (87.3)

341,778 (94.7)

1.0

 No

1333 (12.7)

19,232 (5.3)

2.4 (2.2, 2.6)

  1. aRelative Risks are modeled assuming a binomial distribution with a log link and accounting for clustering within each MNH site