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Table 4 Antenatal and Obstetric Care Characteristics and Risk of Stillbirth, Global Network Sites 2010–2018

From: Stillbirth 2010–2018: a prospective, population-based, multi-country study from the Global Network

 

Stillbirth

Live Birth

RRa for stillbirth vs. live birth (95% CI)

Birthsa, N

15,604

536,943

 

ANC visits, N (%)

11,895

419,017

 

 0

864 (7.3)

9221 (2.2)

3.5 (2.9, 4.2)

 1–2

3919 (32.9)

70,460 (16.8)

2.2 (1.9, 2.6)

 ≥ 3

7112 (59.8)

339,336 (81.0)

1.0

Birth attendant, N (%)

15,589

536,894

 

 Physician

6219 (39.9)

192,182 (35.8)

1.0

 Nurse/Midwife/HW

4177 (26.8)

200,467 (37.3)

0.6 (0.5, 0.7)

 TBA

2860 (18.3)

117,774 (21.9)

0.5 (0.4, 0.6)

 Family/Other

2333 (15.0)

26,471 (4.9)

2.1 (1.7, 2.6)

Delivery location, N (%)

15,602

536,873

 

 Hospital

7438 (47.7)

234,257 (43.6)

1.0

 Clinic

3380 (21.7)

167,496 (31.2)

0.5 (0.5, 0.6)

 Home/Other

4784 (30.7)

135,120 (25.2)

0.9 (0.8, 1.0)

Delivery mode, N (%)

15,597

536,935

 

 Vaginal

13,907 (89.2)

457,414 (85.2)

1.0

 Vaginal assisted

404 (2.6)

5071 (0.9)

2.0 (1.4, 2.9)

 C-section

1286 (8.2)

74,450 (13.9)

0.6 (0.6, 0.7)

  1. aRelative Risks are modeled assuming a binomial distribution with a log link and accounting for clustering within each MNH site