Table 5

Crude ORs (95% CI) for ethnicity on fetal and early neonatal mortality for 264 502 women without risk factors

Crude fetal mortalityCrude early neonatal mortality
Ethnicity
 Dutch1.0Reference1.0Reference
 Other Western0.80.51.51.20.53.0
 Turkish/Moroccan1.40.81.71.20.62.6
 African2.21.14.03.11.18.3
 South Asian2.31.14.6*
 East Asian0.90.41.7*
 Other non Western0.80.41.6*
  • Women aged <20 or >40 years, low SES, low income level, booking visit ≥ 18 weeks' gestation, heavy smoking, pre-existent diseases, gestational age <32 weeks, congenital anomalies and a birth weight <2000 g were excluded.

  • * No value because of low numbers.