{"slug": "1st-quarter-report-2016", "title": "1st Quarter Report \u2013 2016", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1st-Quarter-Report-2016.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/resources/birth-reports/", "group": "Resource", "topic": "Birth Reports", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Deliveries according to maternal age groups", "header": ["Age group (years)", "1st Quarter 2016", "", "1st Quarter 2015", ""], "rows": [["Age group (years)", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["<15", "1", "0.1", "0", "0"], ["15-19", "34", "3.2", "36", "3.3"], ["20-24", "116", "10.8", "129", "11.8"], ["25-29", "317", "29.6", "334", "30.6"], ["30-34", "385", "35.9", "386", "35.4"], ["35-39", "182", "17.0", "175", "16.0"], ["40-44", "35", "3.3", "30", "2.8"], ["45+", "1", "0.1", "1", "0.1"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Maternal Lifestyles", "header": ["", "st Quarter 2016 No. :", "st Quarter 2015 No."], "rows": [["", "No.", "No."], ["Cigarette smoking during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["1 to 3/day", "17", "19"], ["&gt;than 3/day", "66", "51"], ["Do not smoke", "988", "1021"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Alcohol consumption during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["Up to 1unit/day", "2", "1"], ["&gt;than 1unit/day", "0", "0"], ["None", "1069", "1090"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Illicit Drug Abuse during pregnancy", "", ""], ["Yes", "5", "4"], ["No", "1066", "1087"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 1: Pregnancy related conditions", "header": ["", "1st Quarter 2016", "", "1st Quarter 2015", ""], "rows": [["", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["Antepartum Haemorrhage", "11", "1.0", "12", "1.1"], ["Gestational hypertension", "53", "4.9", "71", "6.5"], ["Pre-eclampsia", "6", "0.6", "8", "0.7"], ["Eclampsia", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0"], ["Placenta praevia", "12", "1.1", "8", "0.7"], ["Abruption of placenta", "2", "0.2", "3", "0.3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Delivery by Plurality", "header": ["Category", "st 1 Quarter 2016", "st 1 Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["Singleton", "1047", "1070"], ["Twin", "24", "21"], ["Triplet", "0", "0"], ["Quadruplet", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Distribution of births by method of delivery", "header": ["", "st 1 Quarter 2016", "st 1 Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["Infants delivered by vertex delivery", "665", "676"], ["Infants delivered by emergency/elective Caesarean Section", "384", "384"], ["Infants delivered by forceps", "0", "3"], ["Infants delivered by ventouse", "44", "47"], ["Breech deliveries", "2", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Distribution by gestational age categories", "header": ["", "1st Quarter 2016", "1st Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["Extremely Preterm    (22 - 27 wks)", "6", "5"], ["Very Preterm           (28 - 31 wks)", "4", "5"], ["Moderately Preterm  (32 - 36wks)", "72", "79"], ["Term                     (37 - 41wks)", "1012", "1020"], ["Post term                (>41 wks)", "1", "1"], ["Unknown", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Births by birth weight", "header": ["", "1st Quarter 2016", "1st Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["<500g", "4", "1"], ["500-999g", "2", "3"], ["1000-1499g", "4", "8"], ["1500-1999g", "10", "11"], ["2000-2499g", "60", "48"], ["2500-2999g", "235", "275"], ["3000-3499g", "452", "440"], ["3500-3999g", "264", "271"], ["4000-4499g", "58", "45"], ["4500-4999g", "5", "5"], ["5000+", "1", "1"], ["Unspecified", "0", "2"], ["Average Birth weight (g)", "3218", "3208"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Live and stillbirths", "header": ["Outcome of Birth", "st 1 Quarter 2016", "st 1 Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["Babies born alive", "1088", "1107"], ["Stillbirths", "7", "3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Early and late neonatal deaths", "header": ["Neonatal Deaths", "st 1", "Quarter 2016", "st 1 Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["Early Neonatal deaths", "", "4", "2"], ["Late Neonatal deaths", "", "0", "2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Infant feeding methods at time of discharge", "header": ["", "st 1 Quarter 2016", "st 1 Quarter 2015"], "rows": [["Breast only", "583", "625"], ["Bottle only", "316", "316"], ["Mixed (Breast &amp; Bottle)", "185", "162"], ["Other*", "11", "7"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}]}