{"slug": "rpt-nois-15-1qtr", "title": "1st Quarter Report \u2013 2015", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rpt_NOIS_15_1QTR.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)", "1   Quarter 2015st", "", "1   Quarter 2014st", ""], "rows": [["Age group (years)", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["<15", "0", "0", "0", "0"], ["15-19", "36", "3.3", "41", "4.0"], ["20-24", "129", "11.8", "133", "12.9"], ["25-29", "334", "30.6", "309", "30.0"], ["30-34", "386", "35.4", "349", "33.9"], ["35-39", "175", "16.0", "172", "16.7"], ["40-44", "30", "2.8", "26", "2.5"], ["45+", "1", "0.1", "1", "0.1"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Maternal Lifestyles", "header": ["", "st Quarter 2015 No. :", "st Quarter 2014 No."], "rows": [["", "No.", "No."], ["Cigarette smoking during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["1 to 3/day", "19", "23"], ["&gt;than 3/day", "51", "56"], ["Do not smoke", "1021", "952"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Alcohol consumption during pregnancy:", "", ""], ["Up to 1unit/day", "1", "4"], ["&gt;than 1unit/day", "0", "0"], ["None", "1090", "1027"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"], ["Illicit Drug Abuse during pregnancy", "", ""], ["Yes", "4", "6"], ["No", "1087", "1025"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 1: Pregnancy related conditions", "header": ["", "1   Quarter 2015st", "", "1   Quarter 2014st", ""], "rows": [["", "Frequency", "%", "Frequency", "%"], ["Antepartum Haemorrhage", "12", "1.1", "18", "1.7"], ["Gestational hypertension", "71", "6.5", "64", "6.2"], ["Pre-eclampsia", "8", "0.7", "4", "0.4"], ["Eclampsia", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0"], ["Placenta praevia", "8", "0.7", "8", "0.8"], ["Abruption of placenta", "3", "0.3", "4", "0.4"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: Delivery by Plurality", "header": ["Category", "st 1   Quarter 2015", "st 1   Quarter 2014"], "rows": [["Singleton", "1070", "1041"], ["Twin", "21", "16"], ["Triplet", "0", "1"], ["Quadruplet", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: Distribution of births by method of delivery", "header": ["", "st 1  Quarter 2015", "st 1   Quarter 2014"], "rows": [["Infants delivered by vertex delivery", "676", "652"], ["Infants delivered by emergency/elective Caesarean Section", "384", "354"], ["Infants delivered by forceps", "3", "4"], ["Infants delivered by ventouse", "47", "37"], ["Breech deliveries", "0", "2"]]}, {"caption": "Table 4: Distribution by gestational age categories", "header": ["", "1   Quarter 2015st", "1   Quarter 2014st"], "rows": [["Extremely Preterm   (22 - 27 wks)", "5", "6"], ["Very Preterm         (28 - 31 wks)", "5", "4"], ["Moderately Preterm (32 - 36wks)", "79", "67"], ["Term                   (37 - 41wks)", "1020", "972"], ["Post term               (>41 wks)", "1", "0"], ["Unknown", "0", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 5: Births by birth weight", "header": ["", "1   Quarter 2015st", "1   Quarter 2014st"], "rows": [["<500g", "1", "1"], ["500-999g", "3", "3"], ["1000-1499g", "8", "8"], ["1500-1999g", "11", "8"], ["2000-2499g", "48", "55"], ["2500-2999g", "275", "222"], ["3000-3499g", "440", "437"], ["3500-3999g", "271", "265"], ["4000-4499g", "45", "46"], ["4500-4999g", "5", "2"], ["5000+", "1", "1"], ["Unspecified", "2", "1"], ["Average Birth weight (g)", "3208", "3217"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: Live and still births", "header": ["Outcome of Birth", "st 1   Quarter 2015", "st 1   Quarter 2014"], "rows": [["Babies born alive", "1107", "1042"], ["Stillbirths", "3", "7"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: Early and late neonatal deaths", "header": ["Neonatal Deaths", "st 1   Quarter 2015", "st 1   Quarter 2014"], "rows": [["Early Neonatal deaths", "2", "3"], ["Late Neonatal deaths", "2", "0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 8: Infant feeding methods at time of discharge", "header": ["", "st 1   Quarter 2015", "st 1   Quarter 2014"], "rows": [["Breast only", "625", "632"], ["Bottle only", "316", "268"], ["Mixed (Breast &amp; Bottle)", "162", "139"], ["Other*", "7", "10"], ["Unspecified", "0", "0"]]}]}