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Table 2 Summary of patients’ demographic and pregnancy characteristics

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

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