Table 2

Patient characteristics at admission of those included in process of care evaluation

Characteristics	Pooled data			Hospital-specific estimates
Characteristics	n	%	95% CI*	Median %	Range %
Sex (n=1088/1249, 87%)†
Female	484	45	40 to 49	45	30–64
Male	604	56	51 to 60	55	36–70
Birth weight (n=1165/1249, 93%)†
ELBW (<1000 g)	17	1.5	0.8 to 2.3	0.8	0–7.1
VLBW (1000–<1500 g)	118	10	6.9 to 15	7.1	1.7–46
LBW (1500–<2500 g)	370	32	29 to 35	33	19–46
Normal (2500–<4000 g)	607	52	48 to 57	54	21–68
LGA (≥4000 g)	53	4.6	3.3 to 63	3.6	0–13
Documented gestation by dates (n=688/1249, 55%)†
Preterm	339	49	43 to 56	49	30–100
Term	344	50	44 to 56	50	0–68
Postdates	5	0.7	0.3 to 1.9	0	0–4
Mode of delivery (n=1167/1249, 93%)†
SVD	767	66	60 to 71	66	42–96
Assisted vaginal	2	0.2	0.0004 to 0.7	0	0–1.8
Breech	26	2.2	1.2 to 4.3	0.8	0–11
Caesarean	372	32	27 to 38	32	3.9–51
Born before arrival (n=1055/1249, 84%)†	158	15	11 to 20	13	2.2–58

*Adjusted for clustering at hospital level.†n refers to the numerator equal to number of cases with data out of the total 1249 cases; the value for n becomes the item-specific denominator for each section.
ELBW, extremely low birth weight; LBW, low birth weight; LGA, large for gestational age; VLBW, very low birth weight; SVD, spontaneous vaginal delivery.