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Health Survey Findings
Table 199: For those respondents only who have lost a baby. How many times have you ever
lost a baby? (Questionnaire item C1_42a)
Never 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+ n
Total ROI 1.3% 53.2% 23.7% 10.3% 4.5% 1.9% 1.9% 1.3% 1.9% 156
NI 5.0% 50.0% 25.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20
Under 30 ROI 0.0% 73.3% 16.7% 6.7% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 30
NI 0.0% 50.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6
30-44 ROI 3.9% 56.9% 23.5% 9.8% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 51
NI 11.1% 55.6% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9
45+ ROI 0.0% 40.0% 27.7% 10.8% 7.7% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 4.6% 65
NI 40.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5
Table 200: For those respondents only who have lost a baby. Was it before or after birth that
you lost your baby, and how many times did this happen? (Questionnaire item C1_42b) 1
Yes, one
time
Yes, two
times
Yes, three or
more times
No
Not
answered
ROI Lost baby before birth 41.6% 16.2% 20.8% 8.4% 13.0% 154
NI Lost baby before birth 39.3% 28.6% 14.3% 10.7% 7.1% 28
ROI Lost baby after birth 24.7% 4.6% 3.1% 32.5% 35.1% 154
NI Lost baby after birth 10.7% 3.6% 0.0% 53.6% 32.1% 28
Table 201: For those respondents only who have lost a baby. How many weeks pregnant were
you when you lost your baby? (Questionnaire item C1_42c)
0 - 12 weeks 13 - 28 weeks 29 - 37 weeks 37 + weeks n
Total ROI 67.2% 25.6% 4.0% 3.2% 125
NI 65.2% 21.7% 8.7% 4.3% 23
The overwhelming majority (89.7% in ROI and 88.0% in NI) had not breastfed any of their children.
However, among the group of women 65 years and older in ROI, and those over 45 years in NI,
approximately half reported breastfeeding in the past.
n
1
Of note: percentages in Table 200 are those of all persons who were asked the Questionnaire item C1_42b, unlike
other tables which show valid percentages only. This is to highlight the number of non-responses that there
were for this variable, which was a sensitive issue for women.
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