Home | Freestanding midwifery unit | |||||||
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N = 16,619 | N = 11,197 | |||||||
Nulliparous | Multiparous | Nulliparous | Multiparous | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Women not transferred | 2481 | 55.9 | 10682 | 88.4 | 3284 | 65.5 | 5478 | 90.8 |
Women transferred | 2008 | 44.1 | 1448 | 11.6 | 1868 | 34.5 | 567 | 9.2 |
Primary reason for transfer 2 | ||||||||
Malposition | 11 | 0.3 | 15 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.1 | 3 | <0.1 |
Malpresentation | 34 | 0.8 | 35 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.2 |
Failure to progress 1st stage | 521 | 11.2 | 206 | 1.7 | 457 | 8.0 | 76 | 1.2 |
Fetal distress 1st stage | 95 | 2.2 | 85 | 0.7 | 165 | 3.2 | 36 | 0.6 |
Meconium staining | 246 | 5.4 | 178 | 1.4 | 247 | 4.5 | 53 | 0.8 |
Epidural request | 131 | 2.8 | 44 | 0.4 | 139 | 2.4 | 23 | 0.3 |
Hypertension | 41 | 0.9 | 32 | 0.2 | 48 | 1.0 | 16 | 0.2 |
Antepartum haemorrhage | 34 | 0.8 | 26 | 0.2 | 32 | 0.6 | 14 | 0.2 |
Failure to progress 2nd stage | 300 | 6.7 | 78 | 0.6 | 316 | 5.3 | 48 | 0.7 |
Fetal distress 2nd stage | 30 | 0.6 | 11 | 0.1 | 29 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.1 |
Postpartum haemorrhage | 53 | 1.2 | 88 | 0.7 | 37 | 0.7 | 53 | 0.9 |
Retained placenta | 85 | 1.8 | 161 | 1.2 | 81 | 1.7 | 96 | 1.5 |
Repair of perineal trauma | 203 | 4.4 | 180 | 1.4 | 144 | 2.9 | 37 | 0.6 |
Other before birth3 | 149 | 3.4 | 110 | 0.9 | 58 | 1.3 | 33 | 0.5 |
Other after birth, maternal reasons | 9 | 0.2 | 18 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.2 |
Other after birth, neonatal reasons | 42 | 0.9 | 141 | 1.1 | 33 | 0.6 | 32 | 0.6 |
Not known | 24 | 0.6 | 40 | 0.4 | 37 | 1.0 | 17 | 0.5 |
Timing of transfer 2 | ||||||||
During labour (before birth) | 1563 | 34.2 | 764 | 6.0 | 1521 | 26.9 | 316 | 4.9 |
Immediately after birth | 401 | 8.6 | 633 | 5.0 | 304 | 6.0 | 237 | 3.9 |
Not known | 44 | 1.3 | 51 | 0.6 | 43 | 1.5 | 14 | 0.5 |
Urgency of reason for transfer 2 | ||||||||
Potentially urgent (before birth)4 | 462 | 10.3 | 206 | 1.6 | 540 | 9.5 | 102 | 1.5 |
Non-urgent (before birth)5 | 640 | 13.6 | 244 | 2.0 | 589 | 10.3 | 98 | 1.5 |
Potentially urgent (after birth)6 | 53 | 1.2 | 88 | 0.7 | 37 | 0.7 | 53 | 0.9 |
Not classified7 | 853 | 19.1 | 910 | 7.3 | 702 | 14.0 | 314 | 5.3 |