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Table 1 Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of the study population (N = 51,041)

From: Exploring the impact of indication on variation in rates of intrapartum caesarean section in six Palestinian hospitals: a prospective cohort study

 

Hospital 1

(N = 17,314)

N (%)

Hospital 2

(N = 7557)

N (%)

Hospital 3

(N = 7397)

N (%)

Hospital 4

(N = 7898)

N (%)

Hospital 5

(N = 6152)

N (%)

Hospital 6

(N = 4723)

N (%)

P value

 

Gaza

West Bank

 

Age (years)a

25.6 ± 5.6

26.8 ± 5.7

27.5 ± 5.7

26.7 ± 6.0

26.6 ± 5.5

26.4 ± 5.5

< 0.001

Education (years)

       

≤9

777 (4.5)

764 (10.1)

274 (3.7)

1172 (14.8)

838 (13.6)

1505 (31.9)

< 0.001

10–12

11,229 (64.9)

4724 (62.5)

4118 (55.7)

4413 (55.9)

3032 (49.3)

1817 (38.5)

≥13

5308 (30.7)

2069 (27.4)

3005 (40.6)

2313 (29.3)

2282 (37.1)

1401 (29.7)

Missing

0

0

0

0

0

0

BMI (kg/m2)

       

≤18.5

204 (1.2)

37 (0.5)

89 (1.3)

424 (5.5)

339 (5.6)

189 (5.4)

< 0.001

18.5–24.9

4511 (26.4)

4012 (59.2)

3473 (48.9)

4525 (58.8)

3635 (60.4)

2245 (63.6)

25–29.9

9070 (53.1)

2387 (35.2)

2997 (42.2)

2138 (27.8)

1539 (25.6)

888 (25.1)

≥ 30

3293 (19.3)

341 (5.0)

547 (7.7)

613 (8.0)

510 (8.5)

209 (5.9)

Missing

236

780

291

198

129

1192

Nulliparous

5361 (31.0)

1949 (25.8)

1977 (26.7)

1859 (23.5)

1840 (29.9)

1391 (29.5)

< 0.001

Number of children aliveb

       

0–1

3744 (31.3)

1353 (24.1)

1495 (27.6)

1656 (27.4)

1532 (35.5)

1156 (34.7)

< 0.001

≥2

8209 (68.7)

4255 (75.9)

3925 (72.4)

4383 (72.6)

2780 (64.5)

2176 (65.3)

previous one caesarean sectionb

1312 (11.0)

322 (5.7)

455 (8.4)

869 (14.4)

563 (13.1)

295 (8.9)

 

IVF

       
 

56 (0.3)

45 (0.6)

16 (0.2)

41 (0.5)

36 (0.6)

26 (0.6)

< 0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, IVF in vitro fertilisation treatment
  2. a Data presented as mean ± SD
  3. b Among parous women