Deaths by selected maternal and infant variables and major cause for non-Indigenous children aged 1–6 years born in Western Australia 1980–89
| Birth defects | Infections | Accidents | Cancer and leukaemias | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate* (n) | RR (95% CI) | Rate* (n) | RR (95%CI) | Rate* (n) | RR† (95% CI) | Rate* (n) | RR (95% CI) | |||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Girl | 3.3 (35) | – | 1.4 (15) | – | 6.9 (73) | – | 2.6 (28) | – | ||||
| Boy | 3.5 (39) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 1.9 (21) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.6) | 9.7 (108) | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) | 2.9 (32) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) | ||||
| Birth weight | ||||||||||||
| ⩾ 2500 g | 3.0 (62) | – | 1.5 (31) | – | 8.2 (169) | – | 2.8 (58) | – | ||||
| < 2500 g | 10.9 (12) | 3.6 (2.0 to 6.8) | 4.5 (5) | 3.0 (1.2 to 7.8) | 10.9 (12) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.4) | 1.8 (2) | 0.7 (0.2 to 2.7) | ||||
| Gestational age | ||||||||||||
| ⩾ 37 weeks | 3.1 (63) | – | 1.5 (31) | – | 8.3 (168) | – | 2.7 (55) | – | ||||
| < 37 weeks | 7.5 (11) | 2.4 (1.3 to 4.6) | 3.4 (5) | 2.2 (0.9 to 5.7) | 8.9 (13) | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.9) | 3.4 (5) | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.1) | ||||
| Maternal age† | ||||||||||||
| ⩾ 20 years | 3.4 (69) | – | 1.6 (33) | – | 7.9 (162) | – | 2.7 (56) | – | ||||
| < 20 years | 4.3 (5) | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.2) | 2.6 (3) | 1.6 (0.5 to 5.2) | 16.3 (19) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.3) | 3.4 (4) | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.5) | ||||
| Parity† | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 3.5 (30) | – | 1.9 (16) | – | 6.5 (55) | – | 3.4 (29) | – | ||||
| ⩾ 1 | 3.4 (44) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) | 1.5 (20) | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.6) | 9.6 (126) | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.1) | 2.4 (31) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.2) | ||||
| Marital status† | ||||||||||||
| Married/de facto | 3.4 (68) | – | 1.3 (25) | – | 7.7 (152) | – | 2.7 (54) | – | ||||
| Single/other‡ | 3.2 (6) | 0.9 (0.4 to 2.1) | 5.8 (11) | 4.6 (2.3 to 9.3) | 15.2 (29) | 2.0 (1.3 to 3.0) | 3.2 (6) | 1.2 (0.5 to 2.7) | ||||
5-150 Rate/10 000 infant survivors.
5-151 At birth of child.
5-152 Separated, divorced, or widowed.