Table 3 Maternal and perinatal outcomes, Jan-March versus April-June 2020
Year 2020 | Jan | Feb | March | Mean | SD | April | May | June | Mean | SD | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Workload | |||||||||||
Total deliveries | 812 | 690 | 740 | 747.3 | 61.3 | 688 | 694 | 661 | 681.0 | 17.6 | 0.20 |
No. of Caesarean sections | 237 | 219 | 211 | 222.3 | 13.3 | 177 | 178 | 189 | 181.3 | 6.7 | 0.07 |
Caesarean section rate (%) | 29.2 | 31.7 | 28.5 | 29.8 | 1.7 | 29.8 | 25.7 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 2.1 | 0.18 |
ANC | |||||||||||
Pregnancy booked at Mpilo (%) | 40.6 | 42.8 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 1.1 | 40.8 | 32.9 | 33.9 | 35.8 | 4.3 | 0.03 |
Referred (%) | 55.4 | 54.1 | 54.3 | 54.6 | 0.7 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 57.0 | 55.1 | 1.6 | 0.52 |
Unbooked (%) | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 0.01 |
Maternal morbidity/mortality | |||||||||||
Total number of maternal deaths | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | |
Postpartum haemorrhage (%) | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.75 |
Severe preeclampsia/eclampsia (%) | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.74 |
Uterine rupture (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.39 |
Perinatal morbidity and mortality | |||||||||||
Stillbirth rate/1000 live births | 28.3 | 33.3 | 37.8 | 33.1 | 4.8 | 32.0 | 25.9 | 34.8 | 30.9 | 4.6 | 0.81 |
Total number of early neonatal deaths | 17 | 22 | 17 | 18.7 | 2.9 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 24.0 | 4.6 | 0.32 |
SCBU admissions (%) | 25.5 | 25.9 | 20.4 | 23.9 | 3.1 | 22.5 | 27.1 | 18.6 | 22.7 | 4.3 | 0.88 |