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Table 3 Background characteristics of stillbirths by verbal autopsy interview status

From: Levels, timing, and etiology of stillbirths in Sylhet district of Bangladesh

 

Verbal autopsy interview

Chi-square

 

incomplete

complete

test

 

(n = 164)

(n = 1584)

p-value

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

 

Sex

    

   Male

108

(65.9)

892

(56.3)

 

   Female

55

(33.5)

678

(42.8)

 

   Missing

1

(0.6)

14

(0.9)

0.063

Maternal age

    

   14-19

2

(1.2)

34

(2.1)

 

   20-24

33

(20.1)

345

(21.8)

 

   25-29

44

(26.8)

434

(27.4)

 

   30-34

38

(23.2)

343

(21.7)

 

   35-39

31

(18.9)

286

(18.1)

 

   40-44

11

(6.7)

109

(6.9)

 

   45+

5

(3.0)

33

(2.1)

0.946

Maternal education

    

   None

86

(52.4)

755

(47.7)

 

   Primary incomplete

19

(11.6)

170

(10.7)

 

   Primary complete

28

(17.1)

308

(19.4)

 

   Secondary+

31

(18.9)

351

(22.2)

0.581

Interval between VA interview and end of pregnancy (months)

  

   0-11

24

(14.6)

289

(18.2)

 

   12-23

47

(28.7)

445

(28.1)

 

   24-35

52

(31.7)

530

(33.5)

 

   36-44

41

(25.0)

320

(20.2)

0.408

Plurality

    

   Singleton

  

1,469

(92.7)

 

   Multiple births

  

115

(7.3)

 

Delivery place

    

   Home

  

1,253

(79.1)

 

   Facility

  

312

(19.7)

 

   On the way to a facility

  

9

(0.6)

 

   Other

  

10

(0.6)

 

Delivery attendant

    

   None

  

175

(11.0)

 

   Family/Relatives

  

167

(10.5)

 

   Doctor

  

187

(11.8)

 

   Nurse/midwife

  

135

(8.5)

 

   Other health personnel*

  

24

(1.5)

 

   Traditional birth attendant †

  

878

(55.4)

 

   Quack

  

8

(0.5)

 

   Other

  

10

(0.6)

 

Delivery mode

    

   Vaginal delivery without assistance

  

1,019

(64.3)

 

   Vaginal delivery with manual assistance

  

439

(27.7)

 

   Vaginal delivery with vacuum/forceps

  

20

(1.3)

 

   cesarean section after failure of instrument

  

56

(3.5)

 

   cesarean section

  

50

(3.2)

 
  1. Delivery characteristics are available for those who completed the verbal autopsy interview only.
  2. *Including paramedics, family welfare visitors, health assistants, and family welfare assistants.
  3. †Including both trained and untrained traditional birth attendants