Table 3 Distribution of length of stay after facility-based childbirth in Cameroon by mode of childbirth (n = 4,567)
LOS in completed days | LOS in hours | Vaginal births n = 4290 | Caesarean births n = 277 | All births n = 4567 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Cumulative % | n (%) | Cumulative % | n (%) | Cumulative % | ||
0 (Day of birth) | 0—2 | 393 (9.7) | 9.7 | 2 (0.9) | 0.9 | 395 (9.1) | 9.1 |
3—6 | 490 (11.9) | 21.6 | 1 (0.7) | 1.6 | 491 (11.2) | 20.3 | |
7 – 12 | 255 (6.3) | 27.9 | 1 (0.3) | 0.3 | 256 (5.9) | 26.2 | |
13 – 24 | 117 (2.7) | 30.6 | 2 (0.8) | 2.7 | 119 (2.6) | 28.8 | |
1 | 25 – 48 | 938 (19.8) | 50.8 | 6 (1.2) | 3.9 | 945 (18.7) | 47.5 |
2 | 49 – 72 | 832 (18.9) | 69.3 | 8 (3.3) | 7.2 | 840 (17.9) | 65.4 |
3 | 73 – 96 | 936 (23.2) | 92.5 | 11 (4.1) | 11.3 | 947 (22.1) | 87.5 |
4 | 97 – 120 | 126 (2.9) | 95.4 | 8 (3.8) | 15.1 | 134 (3.0) | 90.5 |
5 | 121—144 | 51 (1.0) | 96.4 | 38 (14.5) | 29.6 | 89 (1.8) | 92.3 |
6 | 145 – 168 | 9 (0.2) | 96.6 | 11 (4.3) | 33.9 | 20 (0.5) | 92.8 |
≥ 7 | 169—252 | 96 (2.1) | 98.7 | 113 (39.9) | 73.8 | 209 (4.4) | 97.2 |
≥ 253 | 47 (1.3) | 100.0 | 76 (26.2) | 100.0 | 123 (2.8) | 100.0 | |