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Table 3 Frequencies and crude rates of neonatal intracranial haemorrhage (diagnoses P10 and P52) in term singleton infants categorized by mode of delivery

From: Vacuum assisted birth and risk for cerebral complications in term newborn infants: a population-based cohort study

N= 1,010,229

Traumatic and non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage of fetus and newborn n = 462

  

Vaginal delivery

 

Emergency cesarean section

 

Vacuum extraction

 

N =851,347

 

N = 75,216

 

N = 87,150

 

N

n

1/10 000

N

n

1/10 000

N

n

1/10 000

Total

851,347

241

2.8

75,216

55

7.3

87,150

166

19.0

Maternal age (years)

         

-19

16,256

4

2.5

859

0

 

1,384

1

7.2

20-34

676,207

177

2.6

55,934

44

7.9

70,645

137

19.4

<34

156,454

59

3.8

18,151

11

6.1

14,820

28

18.9

Missing

2,430

1

4.1

272

0

 

301

0

 

Maternal height (cm)

         

-155

30,767

14

4.6

6,116

7

11.4

4,074

18

44.2

156-160

108,658

28

2.6

14,622

12

8.2

13,278

31

23.3

161-165

210,094

68

3.2

20,403

10

4.9

22,733

38

16.7

166-170

242,617

67

2.8

17,965

11

6.1

23,470

39

16.6

>170

208,213

53

2.5

11,276

8

7.1

18,240

24

13.2

Missing

50,998

11

2.2

4,834

7

14.5

5,355

16

29.9

Maternal BMI

         

Underweight

12,843

4

3.1

643

0

 

1,372

1

7.3

Normal

311,523

68

2.2

22,768

11

4.8

33,207

62

18.7

Overweight

121,733

42

3.5

13,246

10

7.5

12,395

24

19.4

Obese

49,278

22

4.5

7543

9

11.9

4,369

8

18.3

Missing

355,970

105

2.9

31,016

25

8.1

35,807

71

19.8

Parity

         

Multipara

516,619

101

2.0

26,521

16

6.0

18,091

26

14.4

Primipara

334,728

140

4.2

48,695

39

8.0

69,059

140

20.3

Indication

         

Signs of fetal distress

9,403

10

10.6

22,320

38

17.0

22,320

57

18.8

Prolonged labour

54,204

28

5.2

24,738

8

3.2

24,738

64

19.2

Both

1,834

2

10.9

6,225

2

3.2

6,225

22

23.4

None of these

785,906

201

2.6

21,933

7

3.2

21,933

23

16.4

Gestational week

         

37-38

138,934

66

4.8

12,641

14

11.1

9,949

24

24.1

39-41

656,094

154

2.3

48,343

32

6.6

66,020

111

16.8

42-45

56,319

21

3.7

14,232

9

6.3

11,181

31

27.7

Infant birthweight (g)

         

≤3000

60,674

44

5.5

8,334

14

16.8

7,985

13

16.3

3001-3500

280,255

69

2.5

19,163

9

4.7

26,914

38

14.1

3501-4000

320,650

69

2.2

24,807

18

7.3

32,870

63

19.2

4001-4500

136,803

42

3.1

16,236

7

4.3

15,596

35

22.4

>4500

30,861

17

5.5

6,455

2

3.1

3,571

14

39.2

Missing

2,104

0

 

221

5

226.2

214

3

140.2

Shoulder dystocia

         

No

849,910

240

2.8

75,212

55

7.3

86,310

155

18.0

Yes

1,437

1

7.0

4

0

 

840

11

131.0