Table 1

Cohort frequencies and percentages of live singleton deliveries, age, smokers, diabetes, BMI and gestation for 2008–2013

White BritishIndianPakistaniBangladeshiTotal
Live singletons N (%)6862 (46.1)1710 (24.8)5025 (33.8)2013 (13.5)14 871
p<0.0010.370<0.001<0.001
Maternal age
N (%)
16–201006 (14.6)15 (1.5)217 (4.3)91 (4.5)1329 (8.9)
21–251710 (24.8)200 (20.5)1486 (29.3)581 (28.5)3977 (26.5)
26–302010 (29.1)407 (41.7)1859 (36.6)801 (39.3)5077 (33.9)
31–351487 (21.5)261 (26.8)1099 (21.6431 (21.2)3278 (21.9)
36–40599 (8.7)79 (8.1)378 (7.4)123 (6)1179 (7.9)
40+97 (1.4)13 (1.3)38 (0.7)9 (0.4)157 (1)
p<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
Smokers
N (%)
1490 (21.6)19 (2)73 (1.4)18 (0.9)1600 (10.7)
p0.0010.0020.0310.016
Diabetic54 (0.8)14 (1.4)117 (2.3)18 (0.9)253 (1.7)
p0.110.080.540.39
BMI
N (%)
19–24.92518 (36.5)424 (43.5)1624 (32)757 (37.2)5323 (35.5)
25–29.51710 (24.6262 (26.9)1297 (25.6)546 (26.8)3815 (25.5)
30–39.91146 (16.6)79 (8.1)794 (15.6)226 (11.1)2245 (15)
40–50182 (2.6)8 (0.8)80 (1.6)24 (1.2)294 (2)
p<0.0010.07<0.001<0.001
Gestation (in weeks)
N (%)
24–37451 (6.5)74 (7.6)308 (6.1)124 (6.1)957 (6.4)
37+6447 (93.5)899 (92.4)4757 (93.9)1908 (93.6)14 011 (93.6)
p<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
  • BMI, body mass index.