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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table 67: Gestational age at birth. Was your child born at...? (Questionnaire item B1_2)
32 weeks or less 33-36 weeks 37-41 weeks 42 weeks or more n
Total ROI 1.2% 11.0% 56.9% 30.8% 1,363
NI 0.6% 8.9% 65.9% 24.6% 179
Male ROI 1.5% 9.9% 58.2% 30.4% 668
NI 1.0% 7.2% 70.1% 21.6% 97
Female ROI 1.1% 12.2% 55.5% 31.3% 665
NI 0.0% 8.9% 62.0% 29.1% 79
5-year old ROI 0.6% 9.7% 56.5% 33.1% 513
NI 1.7% 11.9% 64.4% 22.0% 59
9-year old ROI 2.6% 11.5% 54.5% 31.5% 391
NI 0.0% 6.3% 66.7% 27.0% 63
14-year old ROI 0.9% 12.0% 59.5% 27.7% 459
NI 0.0% 5.5% 69.1% 25.5% 55
Reported breastfeeding rates for children overall were 5.6% in ROI and 7.1% in NI and again there is no
variability according to age group and sex.
Table 68: Was your child ever breastfed, even if only for a short time?
(Questionnaire item B1_3)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 5.6% 94.4% 1,375 7.1% 92.9% 182
Male 6.5% 93.5% 673 7.1% 92.9% 98
Female 4.8% 95.2% 671 6.2% 93.8% 81
5-year old 4.8% 95.2% 519 4.9% 95.1% 61
9-year old 6.3% 93.7% 395 6.3% 93.8% 64
14-year old 5.9% 94.1% 461 9.1% 90.9% 55
In ROI 90.3% and in NI 97.3% of children were reported as having no ongoing health problem.
The number 1 reported condition was asthma, which accounted for 71.9% of children with health
problems in ROI. There were much lower rates reported for other conditions, including inborn errors of
metabolism. The pattern was similar for both male and female children and asthma was the number
one condition in each age group, though cerebral palsy was proportionately higher in 14-year olds.
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