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Table 1 Obstetric characteristics of women who delivered at a health facility in Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana, from 2010 to 2014

From: Linear trends and seasonality of births and perinatal outcomes in Upper East Region, Ghana from 2010 to 2014

 

Years

Variable

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

All years

(N = 4,169)

(N = 4,608)

(N = 4,968)

(N = 4,952)

(N = 5,474)

(N = 24,171)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Maternal Age group (years)b

 <20

548 (13.1)

698 (15.1)

779 (19.4)

709 (14.3)

717 (13.1)

3,451 (14.2)

 20–34

3,322 (79.7)

3,451 (69.9)

3,768 (70.1)

3,806 (76.9)

4,210 (76.9)

18,557 (76.7)

 35+

311(7.5)

459 (11.9)

421 (10.5)

438 (8.8)

567 (10.4)

2,196 (9.1)

Type of deliveryc

 SVDa

3,631(87.2)

3,942 (85.5)

4,428 (89.1)

4,060 (82.0)

4,414 (80.6)

20,475 (84.7)

 Caesarean section

519 (12.5)

637(13.8)

500 (10.1)

845 (17.1)

1,011(18.5)

3,512 (14.5)

 Vacuum extraction

16 (0.4)

29 (0.6)

40 (0.8)

47 (0.9)

49 (0.9)

181 (0.7)

Sex of live babies

 Male

1,990 (47.9)

2,448 (52.3)

2,484 (50.7)

2,586 (52.2)

2,745 (50.2)

12,253 (50.8)

 Female

2,167 (52.1)

2,217 (47.7)

2,412 (49.3)

2,369 (47.8)

2,725 (49.8)

11,890 (49.2)

Multiplicity of births

 Singleton (1)

4,063 (97.7)

4,533 (97.2)

4,797 (98.0)

4,853 (97.9)

5,352 (97.8)

23,626 (97.7)

 Multiple (2 or 3)

94 (2.3)

132 (2.8)

99 (2.0)

102 (2.1)

118 (2.2)

545 (2.3)

  1. a SVD Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery; Overestimated value for maternal ageb; 33(0.14 %), missing value for type of deliveryc; 3 (0.01 %)