Table 1

Number of singleton live births by ethnicity and mother's country of birth and data completeness on birth weight and gestational age, England and Wales (2005–2006)

Ethnicity	Mother's country of birth	Number of babies	% of babies	Completeness per cent
Ethnicity	Mother's country of birth	Number of babies	% of babies	Birth weight	Gestational age
Black African	Eastern Africa	14 493	36.6	98.6	99.6
	Middle Africa	3578	9.0	97.2	99.4
	Northern Africa	944	2.4	99.4	99.5
	Southern Africa	838	2.1	98.9	99.4
	Western Africa	15 163	38.3	97.5	99.8
	UK	3176	8.0	97.5	99.6
	Other	1396	3.5	95.7	99.6
	All	39 588	100.0
Caribbean	Caribbean	4672	32.4	97.3	99.8
	UK	8735	60.6	97.9	99.8
	Other	1004	7.0	98.2	99.7
	All	14 411	100.0

The mother's country of birth groups includes the following countries—Eastern Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Reunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe; Middle Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe; Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia; Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland; Western Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands. UK: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales.