Women who had a cesarean birth were more likely than women who had a vaginal birth to have their baby admitted to the intensive care or special care unit in 2006/07.
Women having their first babies were more likely to have their baby admitted to a special care or a neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU) than were women having subsequent babies.
Younger women were also more likely to have this experience than were older women.
Women with less than a high school education were more likely to have their baby admitted to special care or an NICU than were women with a university degree.
There were no differences based on income.