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Table 2 Odds ratio for hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders in primiparous mothers, 2001–2010, New South Wales, Australia

From: The increased trend in mothers’ hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders in the first year after birth between 2001 and 2010 in New South Wales, Australia

Year

Primiparous mothers (n)

Principal diagnosis#

All diagnoses#

  

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

2001

34,816

1

     

2002

34,463

1.60

1.37

1.86

1.25

1.13

1.40

2003

35,091

1.31

1.12

1.53

1.55

1.40

1.72

2004

34,877

1.60

1.38

1.86

1.89

1.71

2.08

2005

36,157

3.08

2.69

3.54

2.07

1.88

2.28

2006

36,509

2.76

2.40

3.17

1.71

1.55

1.89

2007

38,379

2.56

2.23

2.94

1.59

1.43

1.75

2008

38,330

2.60

2.26

2.98

1.52

1.37

1.68

2009

38,960

2.49

2.17

2.86

1.51

1.37

1.67

2010

39,573

2.34

2.04

2.69

1.72

1.56

1.90

  1. #For this analysis, dependent variable was mothers who admitted to hospital for psychiatric disorders in the first year after birth (0 = no, 1 = yes). Mothers who were admitted to hospital more than once in the first year after birth were only counted once.
  2. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.