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Table 5 Case-mix adjusted morbidity rates across quintiles of hospital intrapartum caesarean section rates in NSW, 2007–2011

From: Variation in hospital caesarean section rates for women with at least one previous caesarean section: a population based cohort study

Hospital quintiles

Maternal morbidity

Neonatal morbidity

Postpartum haemorrhage

Apgar score at 5 minutes <7

Rate (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Rate (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Rate (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Rate (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Intrapartum caesarean

       

1st quintile (low)

2.8 (2.4, 3.2)

0.95 (0.61, 1.49)

2.7 (2.0, 3.3)

0.65 (0.43, 0.99)

9.0 (7.6, 10.4)

0.73 (0.55, 0.97)

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

0.96 (0.70, 1.32)

2nd quintile

3.3 (2.9, 3.6)

1.56 (1.03, 2.35)

3.0 (2.2, 3.9)

0.70 (0.46, 1.08)

12.0 (9.6, 14.3)

0.94 (0.72, 1.23)

1.8 (1.3, 2.2)

0.78 (0.57, 1.08)

3rd quintile

2.7 (2.6, 2.9)

1.00

3.6 (2.3, 4.9)

1.00

11.4 (9.0, 13.8)

1.00

1.5 (1.3, 1.7)

1.00

4th quintile

2.8 (2.5, 3.1)

0.15 (0.70, 1.88)

2.5 (1.8, 3.1)

0.55 (0.34, 0.88)

9.4 (7.7, 11.0)

0.72 (0.54, 0.98)

1.5 (1.4, 1.6)

0.84 (0.61, 1.14)

5th quintile (high)

2.7 (2.6, 2.9)

1.04 (0.65, 1.67)

2.3 (1.5, 3.0)

0.47 (0.29, 0.77)

8.8 (7.3, 10.3)

0.66 (0.46, 0.92)

1.5 (1.2, 1.8)

1.02 (0.73, 1.43)

ALL

2.9 (2.5, 3.3)

–

2.8 (1.9, 3.8)

–

10.3 (7.9, 12.6)

–

1.6 (1.3, 1.9)

–