Research Article

Clinical Features and Correlates of Outcomes for High-Risk, Marginalized Mothers and Newborn Infants Engaged with a Specialist Perinatal and Family Drug Health Service

Table 3

Characteristics of antenatal care.

CharacteristicsResultNational data

Mean gestation at first visit, weeks 19.8
Mean antenatal visits6.5
 % had 5 visits or more61.2 91.9**
  % who had none7.20.3**
% First antenatal visit at 20 weeks or less56.1
% Pregnancy complications61.9
 % Hypertension9.4
 % Gestational diabetes2.2
 % Premature rupture of membranes11.5
 % Intrauterine growth restriction10.1
 % Antepartum haemorrhage8.6
 % Fetal distress14.4
% Prenatal child at risk notifications29.5

* value < 0.05; ** value < 0.001.