Table 2 Characteristics of women in the combined dataset (n = 2063)

Ethnicity

Black-African

1535

74.4

White

243

11.8

Black-Caribbean

104

5.0

Other

173

8.4

Missing

8

0.4

Region of birth*

African

1527

74.0

European

347

16.8

Region of the Americas

87

4.2

Eastern Mediterranean

53

2.6

South-East Asia

25

1.2

Western Pacific

16

0.8

NK

8

0.4

Probable route of infection^†

Heterosexual sex

1798

87.2

Injecting drug use

40

1.9

Other

135

6.5

NK

90

4.4

Age at start of first pregnancy (years)

Median (IQR)

30.4 (26.5-34.3)

Range

14-49

HIV-diagnosis in relation to first reported pregnancy

Before pregnancy

1131

54.8

During first pregnancy

911

44.2

At delivery

21

1.0

Pregnancy outcome (all pregnancies, n = 3035)

Live birth

2632

86.7

Miscarriage

178

5.9

Termination

113

3.7

Stillbirth

33

1.1

Ectopic pregnancy

4

0.1

Continuing to term

75

2.5