Figure 11.2.7: Women who gained the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy
Percent of women who gave birth, Middlesex-London, Ontario and Peer Group, 2014 to 2017
Source:
BORN Public Health Cube, BORN Information System, BORN Ontario. Information accessed on Oct 19, 2018. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Snapshots: Maternal health Snapshot. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; c2018 [updated 2018 Oct 12; cited 2018 Nov 14]. Available from: publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Maternal-health.aspxNote:
2013 data were excluded due to the high percent of missing data. Ontario and Peer Group data for 2017 are not yet available.
The percent of women in Middlesex-London who gained the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy was 29.9% in 2016, compared to 32.0% in Ontario and 30.0% in the Peer Group. The percent in Middlesex-London was not significantly different from Ontario in 2015 and 2016.
There was no significant difference between the percentages in the urban and rural populations of Middlesex-London from 2015 to 2017 (not shown).