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Percentage of women who gained less than, within and more than Health Canada’s gestational weight gain guidelines, by baby’s birth weight, female household population aged 15 or older who gave birth during three months before 2006 Census, Canada

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Baby’s birth weight (grams)	Weight gain during pregnancy
	Less than recommendations			Within recommendations			More than recommendations
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Low (less than 2,500)	44*	33	55	F	...	...	F	...	...
Normal (2,500 to less than 4,000)	24*	22	25	37*	35	38	40*	38	41
High (4,000 or more)†	12	9	14	30	27	34	58	54	62
† reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05) F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation more than 33.3%) ... not applicable Source: 2006 Maternity Experiences Survey.

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Table 2 Percentage of women who gained less than, within and more than Health Canada’s gestational weight gain guidelines, by baby’s birth weight, female household population aged 15 or older who gave birth during three months before 2006 Census, Canada

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Table 2
Percentage of women who gained less than, within and more than Health Canada’s gestational weight gain guidelines, by baby’s birth weight, female household population aged 15 or older who gave birth during three months before 2006 Census, Canada