Gestation at birth | 24–27 weeks | 28–31 weeks | 32–36 weeks | Total | ||||
Number of births | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | |
Ethnicity | % IMD5 | |||||||
White British | 6727 | 57.7 | 16 852 | 63.2 | 141 887 | 65.1 | 165 466 | 28.4 |
White Non-British | 653 | 5.6 | 1436 | 5.4 | 13 534 | 6.2 | 15 623 | 27.5 |
Pakistani | 540 | 4.6 | 1200 | 4.5 | 8930 | 4.1 | 10 670 | 56.0 |
Indian | 339 | 2.9 | 822 | 3.1 | 6749 | 3.1 | 7910 | 25.9 |
Bangladeshi | 141 | 1.2 | 340 | 1.3 | 3442 | 1.6 | 3923 | 58.2 |
Black African | 857 | 7.4 | 1348 | 5.1 | 7100 | 3.3 | 9305 | 49.7 |
Black Caribbean | 336 | 2.9 | 536 | 2.0 | 2934 | 1.4 | 3806 | 51.5 |
Other stated | 1231 | 10.6 | 2462 | 9.2 | 19 707 | 9.1 | 23 400 | 36.5 |
Unstated | 828 | 7.1 | 1691 | 6.3 | 13 520 | 6.2 | 16 039 | 26.9 |
IMD | % WB | |||||||
1=advantaged | 1229 | 10.5 | 3073 | 11.5 | 28 256 | 13.0 | 32 558 | 76.1 |
2 | 1560 | 13.4 | 3697 | 13.9 | 32 612 | 15.0 | 37 869 | 73.4 |
3 | 1921 | 16.5 | 4482 | 16.8 | 38 534 | 17.7 | 44 937 | 67.9 |
4 | 2784 | 23.9 | 6504 | 24.4 | 50 400 | 23.1 | 59 688 | 59.2 |
5=disadvantaged | 4158 | 35.7 | 8931 | 33.5 | 68 001 | 31.2 | 81 090 | 58.0 |
Total | 11 652 | 100.0 | 26 687 | 100.0 | 217 803 | 100.0 | 256 142 | 100.0 |
Live singleton births at 24 – 36 weeks , England and Wales 2006 – 2012. Stratified by gestational age at birth (completed weeks).
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; IMD5, most disadvantaged IMD quintile; N, number of births; WB, White British.