Table 3
Associations between maternal birthplace and birth weight at term (39 to 40 weeks) by infant’s province of birth, 2000 to 2016 (N = 3,234,165)

Table 3
Associations between maternal birthplace and birth weight at term (39 to 40 weeks) by infant’s province of birth, 2000 to 2016 (N = 3,234,165)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Associations between maternal birthplace and birth weight at term (39 to 40 weeks) by infant’s province of birth. The information is grouped by Mother’s birthplace (appearing as row headers), Infant’s province of birth, Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan , Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, calculated using mean BW, 95% LCI, 95% UCI and AMD units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Mother’s birthplace	Infant’s province of birth
	Canada			British Columbia			Alberta			Saskatchewan			Manitoba			Ontario			Quebec			Atlantic Canada
	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI	mean BW	95% LCI	95% UCI
Canada^{Table 3 Note †}	3,509	3,509	3,510	3,527	3,526	3,528	3,488	3,487	3,489	3,549	3,547	3,552	3,553	3,551	3,556	3,506	3,505	3,507	3,490	3,489	3,491	3,557	3,555	3,559
	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI	AMD	95% LCI	95% UCI
China	-133^Note *	-136	-130	-161^Note *	-167	-156	-146^Note *	-155	-136	-148^Note *	-175	-121	-182^Note *	-207	-157	-147^Note *	-151	-143	-55^Note *	-65	-45	-151^Note *	-180	-123
Rest of Eastern Asia	-209^Note *	-214	-205	-235^Note *	-242	-228	-212^Note *	-225	-199	-190^Note *	-239	-141	-201^Note *	-242	-161	-224^Note *	-230	-217	-157^Note *	-179	-136	-201^Note *	-249	-153
India	-206^Note *	-209	-203	-184^Note *	-190	-179	-214^Note *	-222	-206	-268^Note *	-296	-240	-256^Note *	-274	-237	-236^Note *	-240	-232	-181^Note *	-198	-164	-241^Note *	-283	-198
Pakistan	-203^Note *	-207	-198	-187^Note *	-206	-168	-216^Note *	-228	-204	-271^Note *	-300	-242	-269^Note *	-311	-227	-214^Note *	-219	-208	-123^Note *	-139	-106	-233^Note *	-293	-173
Bangladesh	-294^Note *	-303	-284	-308^Note *	-352	-263	-316^Note *	-350	-282	-372^Note *	-428	-316	-366^Note *	-455	-278	-306^Note *	-318	-294	-228^Note *	-248	-208	-314^Note *	-402	-225
Rest of Southern Asia	-136^Note *	-140	-132	-127^Note *	-140	-114	-141^Note *	-157	-126	-135^Note *	-191	-79	-205^Note *	-247	-164	-154^Note *	-159	-150	-67^Note *	-79	-54	-221^Note *	-273	-169
Philippines	-202^Note *	-206	-199	-212^Note *	-220	-204	-203^Note *	-210	-195	-249^Note *	-269	-230	-255^Note *	-268	-242	-211^Note *	-216	-205	-147^Note *	-162	-133	-192^Note *	-229	-155
Viet Nam	-225^Note *	-230	-219	-248^Note *	-260	-237	-245^Note *	-258	-232	-323^Note *	-369	-277	-268^Note *	-304	-232	-228^Note *	-236	-221	-165^Note *	-181	-149	-219^Note *	-295	-144
Rest of South Eastern Asia	-178^Note *	-185	-170	-179^Note *	-194	-163	-197^Note *	-216	-178	-152^Note *	-208	-97	-220^Note *	-264	-176	-189^Note *	-201	-178	-156^Note *	-176	-135	-140^Note *	-213	-68
Western and Central Asia	-98^Note *	-102	-94	-129^Note *	-143	-114	-103^Note *	-113	-92	-160^Note *	-196	-124	-32^Note *	-55	-9	-112^Note *	-116	-107	-37^Note *	-45	-29	-198^Note *	-220	-175
Northern Africa	-47^Note *	-51	-43	-83^Note *	-109	-56	-130^Note *	-143	-117	-125^Note *	-169	-81	-132^Note *	-170	-95	-107^Note *	-116	-98	28^Note *	23	32	-83^Note *	-121	-45
Sub-Saharan Africa	-92^Note *	-96	-89	-109^Note *	-122	-96	-88^Note *	-96	-80	-132^Note *	-159	-106	-117^Note *	-136	-99	-108^Note *	-113	-103	-33^Note *	-41	-25	-67^Note *	-100	-35
Caribbean	-127^Note *	-132	-123	-96^Note *	-126	-67	-122^Note *	-144	-100	-163^Note *	-241	-85	-154^Note *	-203	-105	-149^Note *	-154	-143	-65^Note *	-72	-58	-99^Note *	-160	-39
Central America	-35^Note *	-40	-31	-92^Note *	-106	-78	-25^Note *	-36	-14	-136^Note *	-179	-94	-1	-18	16	-37^Note *	-44	-30	-36^Note *	-48	-25	58^Note *	10	106
South America	-97^Note *	-102	-93	-79^Note *	-95	-63	-45^Note *	-58	-32	-110^Note *	-158	-61	-59^Note *	-82	-36	-139^Note *	-144	-133	-15^Note *	-25	-6	-134^Note *	-183	-85
United States	4	0	9	5	-6	15	9	-3	20	3	-24	30	8	-15	32	-13^Note *	-20	-6	-1	-14	13	-14	-32	5
Eastern Europe	-26^Note *	-30	-22	-40^Note *	-51	-29	-48^Note *	-59	-37	-48^Note *	-79	-17	9	-10	29	-37^Note *	-42	-32	11^Note *	3	20	-66^Note *	-106	-27
United Kingdom	-25^Note *	-31	-20	-35^Note *	-46	-24	-17^Note *	-30	-4	-62^Note *	-107	-17	-44^Note *	-78	-9	-43^Note *	-50	-35	-29^Note *	-56	-3	-14	-45	17
Rest of Western Europe	-25^Note *	-29	-22	-21^Note *	-31	-11	0	-11	10	-44^Note *	-77	-11	-38^Note *	-59	-16	-26^Note *	-31	-21	-38^Note *	-45	-30	-22	-46	3
Rest of the world^{Table 3 Note ‡}	-87^Note *	-97	-78	-145^Note *	-159	-131	-93^Note *	-114	-72	-39	-120	42	-118^Note *	-212	-23	-40^Note *	-59	-21	-61^Note *	-97	-25	-29	-92	33
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † Reference category for AMDs is mothers born in Canada Return to note † referrer Note ‡ Rest of the world includes countries and regions with less than 10 preterm birth cases, as well as countries that could not be classified into the above groupings. Return to note ‡ referrer BW = birth weight AMD = adjusted mean difference (expressed in grams; adjusted for infant’s year of birth and sex) LCI = lower confidence interval UCI = upper confidence interval Notes: Adjusted for infant's birth year, infant's sex and mother's age (11 to 19 years, 20 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 34 years, 35 to 39 years and 40 to 49 years). Source: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics–Birth Database, 2000 to 2016.

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Associations between maternal birthplace and birth weight at term (39 to 40 weeks) by infant’s province of birth, 2000 to 2016 (N = 3,234,165)

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Associations between maternal birthplace and birth weight at term (39 to 40 weeks) by infant’s province of birth, 2000 to 2016 (N = 3,234,165)