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Table 6 Delivery and selected newborn care characteristics by year in Guatemala, 2010-2013

From: Trends in perinatal deaths from 2010 to 2013 in the Guatemalan Western Highlands

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

Birth attendant, N (%)

    

Physician

1,241 (32.1)

1,547 (37.8)

1,851 (45.4)

2,416 (52.9)

Nurse/Midwife/HW

39 (1.0)

96 (2.3)

89 (2.2)

95 (2.1)

TBA

2,575 (66.6)

2,433 (59.5)

2,121 (52.1)

2,028 (44.4)

Family/Other

14 (0.4)

12 (0.3)

12 (0.3)

31 (0.7)

Delivery location, N (%)

    

Hospital

1,162 (30.0)

1,570 (38.4)

1,814 (44.5)

2,297 (50.3)

Clinic

104 (2.7)

56 (1.4)

121 (3.0)

215 (4.7)

Home/Other

2,603 (67.3)

2,462 (60.2)

2,138 (52.5)

2,058 (45.0)

Delivery mode, N (%)

    

Vaginal

3,350 (86.6)

3,402 (83.2)

3,251 (79.8)

3,461 (75.7)

Vaginal assisted

4 (0.1)

4 (0.1)

12 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

C-section

515 (13.3)

682 (16.7)

809 (19.9)

1,109 (24.3)

Maternal antibiotics, N (%)

405 (12.6)

675 (17.0)

950 (24.2)

1,373 (30.7)

Oxytocics, N (%)

602 (18.7)

1,014 (25.5)

1,155 (29.5)

1,779 (40.0)

Blood transfusion, N (%)

6 (0.2)

9 (0.2)

11 (0.3)

29 (0.7)

Clean razor

    

Fetal heart rate taken, N (%)

1,381 (35.7)

1,933 (47.3)

3,340 (82.0)

3,811 (83.4)

BA gloves used, N (%)

3,750 (98.4)

4,043 (99.3)

4,011 (99.2)

4,503 (99.2)

Bag and mask resuscitation, N (%)

28 (0.7)

23 (0.6)

29 (0.7)

76 (1.7)

Breastfeed <1 hr after delivery, N (%)

2,729 (83.6)

3,346 (81.9)

3,200 (78.5)

3,072 (67.1)