Logo of nihpaLink to Publisher's site
PMC full text:
Obstet Gynecol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as:
Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Nov 1; 140(5): 797–805.
Published online 2022 Oct 5. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004950

Table 1.

Characteristics of 15- to 49-year-olds with a physical, sensory, intellectual or developmental, or multiple disabilities, and those without a disability, who had a singleton livebirth or stillbirth in Ontario, Canada, 2004–2019. Data presented as number (%).

Physical disability (N=147 414)Sensory disability (N=47 459)Intellectual or developmental disability (N=2557)Multiple disabilities (N=9598)No disability (N=1 594 441)
Age, years
 15–2425 674 (17.4)10 651 (22.4) *1166 (45.6) *2293 (23.9) *273 412 (17.1)
 25–3491 386 (62.0)27 832 (58.6) *1100 (43.0) *5382 (56.1) *1 027 201 (64.4)
 35–4930 354 (20.6)8976 (18.9)291 (11.4) *1923 (20.0)293 828 (18.4)
Multiparous85 851 (58.2)25 881 (54.5)1,422 (55.6)5372 (56.0)911 510 (57.2)
Neighborhood income quintile (Q)
 Q1 (lowest)31 631 (21.5)10 447 (22.0)975 (38.1) *2488 (25.9)351 994 (22.1)
 Q229 320 (19.9)9650 (20.3)564 (22.1)2001 (20.8)321 063 (20.1)
 Q329 998 (20.3)9708 (20.5)422 (16.5) *1918 (20.0)327 666 (20.6)
 Q430 992 (21.0)9899 (20.9)298 (11.7) *1760 (18.3)328 161 (20.6)
 Q5 (highest)24 801 (16.8)7596 (16.0)278 (10.9) *1391 (14.5)259 394 (16.3)
 Missing672 (0.5)159 (0.3)20 (0.8)40 (0.4)6163 (0.4)
Rural region of residence8464 (5.7)2115 (4.5)145 (5.7)553 (5.8)66 689 (4.2)
 Missing2473 (1.7)605 (1.3)79 (3.1) *155 (1.6)22 121 (1.4)
Stable chronic conditions40 325 (27.4) *12 216 (25.7)630 (24.6)3126 (32.6) *365 302 (22.9)
Unstable chronic conditions24 292 (16.5) *7048 (14.9) *390 (15.3) *2160 (22.5) *185 290 (11.6)
Mental illness28 752 (19.5) *8195 (17.3) *1056 (41.3) *2581 (26.9) *200 340 (12.6)
Substance use disorder2962 (2.0)589 (1.2)213 (8.3) *356 (3.7) *14 707 (0.9)
Any history of interpersonal violence before pregnancy6317 (4.3)1734 (3.7)340 (13.3) *732 (7.6*32 990 (2.1)
Recent history of interpersonal violence < 2 years before pregnancy2347 (1.6) *628 (1.3) *201 (7.9) *317 (3.3) *13 025 (0.8)
*An important standardized difference > 0.10 was seen when comparing individuals within that disability group to the group of individuals without a disability.