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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Uterine rupture in a teaching hospital in Mbarara, western Uganda, unmatched case- control study

Characteristics

Cases

Controls

 

n = 77(%)

n = 205(%)

Age group

≤ 19 years

5(6.5)

32(15.6)

20-34 years

58(75.3)

153(72.5)

≥ 35 years

14(18.2)

20(9.8)

Married

72(93.5)

194(94.6)

Secondary education and above

15(19.5)

68(33.2)

Para 5 and above

29(37.7)

29(14.1)

Living within a distance of 5 km from health facility

1(1.3)

26(12.9)

ANC attendance

57(74)

168(82)

Place of antenatal

Hospital

13(22.9)

69(41.1)

Health centre

42(73.7)

87(51.8)

TBA

1(1.8)

3(1.8)

Referred from facility

38(36.4)

28(14.0)

Partograph used during labour

1(1.3)

42(20.5)

Previous caesarean section

28(36.4)

20(9.8)

Use of herbs in during labour

27(35.1)

7(3.4)

  1. ANC Antenatal care, TBA Traditional birth attendant.