From: Reasons for performing a caesarean section in public hospitals in rural Bangladesh
Hospital A (n = 262) | Hospital B (n = 127) | Hospital C (n = 34) | Hospital D (n = 52) | Hospital E (n = 55) | Total (n = 530) | % of Total | |
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Age of mother (years) | |||||||
≤ 19 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 69 | 13.0 |
20 – 29 | 193 | 93 | 28 | 46 | 42 | 402 | 75.8 |
30 – 39 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 10.4 |
≥ 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.6 |
No information | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
ANC attendance | |||||||
Yes | 0 | 121 | 24 | 28 | 55 | 228 | 43.0 |
No | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.3 |
No information | 262 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 295 | 55.7 |
Parity | |||||||
1 | 118 | 50 | 17 | 27 | 29 | 241 | 45.5 |
2 – 4 | 143 | 77 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 287 | 54.1 |
≥ 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 |
History of previous CS | |||||||
Yes | 83 | 63 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 186 | 35.1 |
No | 170 | 64 | 21 | 35 | 44 | 334 | 63.0 |
No information | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1.9 |
Gestational age at the time of CS | |||||||
Preterm | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 10.6 |
Term | 136 | 106 | 24 | 43 | 33 | 342 | 64.5 |
Post dates | 73 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 127 | 24.0 |
No information | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.9 |