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Table 3 Characteristics of Deliveries of Women in the Maternal Newborn Health Registry 2010-2013

From: The Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry: a multi-national, community-based registry of pregnancy outcomes

 

Argentina

Guatemala

Zambia

Kenya

Pakistan

Nagpur

Belgaum

Total

Deliveries, N

9,902

30,262

27,877

35,667

50,275

41,424

84,581

279,988

At least one ANC visit, N (%)

        

Yes

9,312 (95.0)

29,696 (98.2)

27,547 (98.9)

34,643 (97.2)

41,792 (83.5)

41,361 (99.9)

84,145 (99.7)

268,496 (96.1)

No

494 (5.0)

533 (1.8)

307 (1.1)

1,003 (2.8)

8,243 (16.5)

30 (0.1)

218 (0.3)

10,828 (3.9)

Delivery mode, N (%)

        

Cesarean

3,469 (35.0)

5,580 (18.4)

305 (1.1)

550 (1.5)

4,489 (9.4)

7,701 (19.6)

11,211 (14.0)

33,305 (12.3)

Vaginal/Vaginal assisted

6,430 (65.0)

24,673 (81.6)

27,455 (98.9)

35,112 (98.5)

43,420 (90.6)

31,506 (80.4)

68,583 (86.0)

237,179 (87.7)

Birth attendant, N (%)

        

Physician

7,163 (72.4)

12,951 (42.8)

692 (2.5)

717 (2.0)

12,687 (25.3)

24,383 (58.9)

48,871 (57.8)

107,464 (38.4)

Nurse/Midwife/HW

2,678 (27.1)

543 (1.8)

15,433 (55.4)

14,505 (40.7)

13,080 (26.1)

14,223 (34.4)

28,307 (33.5)

88,769 (31.7)

TBA

2 (0.0)

16,675 (55.1)

7,093 (25.4)

16,038 (45.0)

21,961 (43.7)

1,178 (2.8)

2,002 (2.4)

64,949 (23.2)

Family/Other

51 (0.5)

92 (0.3)

4,656 (16.7)

4,407 (12.4)

2,475 (4.9)

1,616 (3.9)

5,377 (6.4)

18,674 (6.7)

Delivery location, N (%)

        

Hospital

9,789 (98.9)

12,048 (39.8)

3,453 (12.4)

4,616 (12.9)

14,186 (28.3)

27,433 (66.3)

55,761 (66.0)

127,286 (45.5)

Clinic

15 (0.2)

1,367 (4.5)

13,482 (48.4)

10,245 (28.7)

12,296 (24.5)

10,933 (26.4)

20,777 (24.6)

69,115 (24.7)

Home/Other

93 (0.9)

16,846 (55.7)

10,939 (39.2)

20,805 (58.3)

23,730 (47.3)

3,031 (7.3)

7,976 (9.4)

83,420 (29.8)

Gender, N (%)

        

Male

5,153 (51.8)

15,494 (50.9)

14,703 (52.8)

18,300 (50.7)

25,564 (52.7)

20,555 (52.3)

41,663 (52.0)

141,432 (51.9)

Female

4,797 (48.2)

14,948 (49.1)

13,142 (47.2)

17,796 (49.3)

22,975 (47.3)

18,763 (47.7)

38,506 (48.0)

130,927 (48.1)

Birth weight (measured)

        

< 2500g

646 (6.5)

3,927 (13.0)

1,494 (5.4)

1,061 (3.0)

6,657 (14.7)

6,300 (16.1)

11,557 (14.5)

31,642 (11.9)

≥ 2500g

9,302 (93.5)

26,361 (87.0)

25,987 (94.6)

34,257 (97.0)

38,507 (85.3)

32,800 (83.9)

67,892 (85.5)

235,106 (88.1)

Mean (std)

3286.1 (578.2)

2983.2 (469.1)

3119.0 (473.4)

3231.5 (486.7)

2915.1 (551.6)

2662.2 (418.8)

2746.4 (439.9)

2912.3 (517.5)

  1. TBA=traditional birth attendant
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