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Table 4 Characteristics of obstetric emergencies transported by ‘108’ April 2013 to March 2014

From: Transport of pregnant women and obstetric emergencies in India: an analysis of the ‘108’ ambulance service system data

 

Telangana,

N = 3,570

Andhra Pradesh,

N = 4,837

Himachal Pradesh,

N = 2,316

Chhattisgarh

N = 2,660

Gujarat

N = 15,065

Assam

N = 4,040

Area, (%)

 Rural/tribal

2580 (72.3)

3646 (75.4)

1789 (77.3)

2436 (91.6)

12974 (86.1)

Not available

 Urban

985 (27.6)

1177 (24.3)

270 (11.7)

224 (8.4)

2091 (13.9)

-

 Missing

5 (0.1)

14 (0.3)

257 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

-

Type of transfer, (%)

 IFT

531 (14.9)

784 (16.2)

591 (25.5)

348 (13.1)

681 (4.5)

Not available

 Non-IFT

3039 (85.1)

4053 (2.8)

1725 (74.5)

2312 (86.9)

14384 (95.5)

-

Type of complication, %

 Abortion

137 (3.8)

301 (6.2)

292 (12.6)

113 (4.3)

412 (2.7)

288 (7.1)

Abnormal

 Presentation

1156 (32.4)

1520 (31.4)

115 (5.0)

712 (26.8)

8369 (55.6)

788 (19.5)

 Bleeding in pregnancy

596 (16.7)

818 (16.9)

1339 (57.8)

133 (5.0)

2458 (16.3)

1782 (44.1)

 Eclampsia/ convulsion

255 (7.1)

370 (7.7)

59 (2.6)

65 (2.4)

220 (1.5)

396 (9.8)

 Fever

93 (2.6)

136 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

47 (1.8)

136 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

 Foetal loss

71 (2.0)

106 (2.2)

41 (1.8)

227 (8.5)

62 (0.4)

27 (0.7)

Medical condition

 complicating pregnancy

733 (20.5)

774 (16.0)

356 (15.4)

1214 (45.6)

1011 (6.7)

36 (0.9)

 Previous caesarean

291 (8.2)

481 (9.9)

65 (2.8)

127 (4.8)

1219 (8.1)

416 (10.3)

 Precious pregnancy

238 (6.7)

331 (6.8)

49 (2.1)

22 (0.8)

1178 (7.8)

307 (7.6)

 Distance call to site,a

 Kilometres ; Median (IQR)

10 (3–18)

10 (3–18)

9 (1–17)

8 (1–17)

11 (6–17)

Not available

 Distance site to hospital,a Kilometers; Median (IQR)

21 (11–32)

21 (12–31)

17 (7–30)

10 (4–20)

15 (9–23)

Not available

 Time call to site,a

 minutes ; Median (IQR)

23 (12–35)

24 (12–37)

32 (15–56)

23 (12–37)

23 (15–33)

Not available

 Time site to hospital,a

 minutes ; Median (IQR)

38 (23–56)

37 (23–55)

60 (35–95)

25 (14–43)

24 (15–36)

Not available

 Time call to hospital,a

 minutes ; Median (IQR)

73 (54–98)

75 (55–97)

91 (63–146)

60 (41–86)

57 (43–75)

Not available

  1. IFT Inter-facility transfer, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aN varies- excludes deliveries by EMT that were not transported or missing values