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Table 3 Prevalence of SGA infants among all singleton live births grouped by place of residence and hospital district for the years 1987–2010 in Finland

From: Contribution of socioeconomic status to the risk of small for gestational age infants – a population-based study of 1,390,165 singleton live births in Finland

Number

Hospital district

Number of births, n

% Prevalence of SGA (range in 1987–2010)

p value

1

South Karelia

31,106

3.3 (2.6 − 3.6)

≤0.001

2

South Ostrobothnia

53,413

2.4 (2.2 − 2.7)

 

3

South Savo

25,525

3.1 (3.0 − 3.6)

 

4

Helsinki and Uusimaa

397,593

3.3 (3.2 − 3.4)

 

5

East Savo

10,384

3.7 (2.8 − 4.3)

 

6

Kainuu

20,602

3.4 (3.0 − 4.0)

 

7

Kanta-Häme

42,501

3.2 (2.9 − 3.4)

 

8

Middle Ostrobothnia

21,987

2.7 (2.4 − 3.6)

 

9

Central Finland

69,985

2.9 (2.6 − 3.2)

 

10

Kymenlaakso

41,486

3.2 (2.9 − 3.9)

 

11

Lapland

32,010

3.8 (3.5 − 4.8)

 

12

Länsi-Pohja

17,950

3.2 (2.5 − 3.3)

 

13

Pirkanmaa

115,602

2.8 (2.5 − 2.9)

 

14

North Karelia

43,296

3.2 (2.9 − 3.7)

 

15

Northern Ostrobothnia

121,927

3.1 (2.9 − 3.3)

 

16

North Savo

62,892

3.4 (3.1 − 3.9)

 

17

Päijät-Häme

51,397

3.2 (2.7 − 3.9)

 

18

Satakunta

60,444

2.8 (2.4 − 3.3)

 

19

Vaasa

42,718

2.4 (2.2 − 2.9)

 

20

Varsinais-Suomi

112,131

2.7 (2.3 − 3.2)

 
 

Total

1,374,458

3.1 (2.9 − 3.4)