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Table 3 Profile of study groups: SVD and CS

From: Costs of vaginal delivery and Caesarean section at a tertiary level public hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan

 

SVD

 

CS

 

Character

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

Maternal age in years

25 ± 6

18-44

27 ± 6

17-39

No. of alive children

2 ± 2

1-10

2 ± 2

1-12

Weight of newborn -Kg

2.8 ± 0.5

1.2-4.4

2.7 ± 0.7

1.1-4.2

Household income-US$

141 ± 87

45-447

168 ± 97

45-418

Length of stay -days

1.4 ± 0.9

1-5

4 ± 1.3

2-8

Total costs borne-US$

79 ± 37

30 ± 193

204 ± 60

70-482

Education level

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

No formal education

16

23.5

10

15.4

Primary

12

17.6

8

12.3

Secondary

24

35.3

28

43

College

7

10.3

11

17

University

9

9

8

12.3

Co-morbidities

    

Disease free

58

85.3

40

61.5

Diabetes

2

2.9

2

3.1

Hypertension

5

7.4

14

21.5

Hepatitis C

2

2.9

0

1.5

Anemia

1

1.5

8

12.5

Household income

Pak Rupees US$

    

3000-6000 (45-90)

23

34

21

32

6000-10000 (90-149)

27

40

14

22

10000-15000 (149-223)

9

13

15

23

15000-20000 (223-298)

4

6

7

11

20000-30000 (298-447)

5

7

8

12