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Table 2 Mode of delivery and serostatus at the district hospital

From: Maternal near miss and mortality due to postpartum infection: a cross-sectional analysis from Rwanda

Variable

Number (percentage)

Severe morbidity or mortality

Referred from district Hospital

  

 Yes

117 (100 %)

90 (77 %)

 No

0 (0 %)

0 (N/A)

HIV positive

 

p = 0.16

 Yes

12 (10 %)

7 (58 %)

 No

52 (44 %)

39 (75 %)

 Unknown

53 (45 %)

44 (83 %)

Insurance

 

p = 0.04

 Public insurance

105 (90 %)

83 (80 %)

 Other insurance, including private

12 (10 %)

7 (58 %)

Method of delivery

 

p = 0.04

 Cesarean section

95 (81 %)

79 (83 %)

 Abortion

14 (12 %)

7 (50 %)

 Vaginal

8 (7 %)

5 (62 %)

Indication for cesarian section

 

p = 0.10

 Unknown indication

43 (37 %)

34 (79 %)

 Labor dystocia

21 (18 %)

18 (86 %)

 Non-reassuring fetal status

12 (10 %)

10 (83 %)

 Intrauterine fetal demise

9 (8 %)

8 (89 %)

 Previous cesarian section

5 (4 %)

5 (100 %)

 Breech presentation

2 (2 %)

2 (100 %)

 Mitral stenosis

1 (1 %)

0 (0 %)

 Twin pregnancy

1 (1 %)

1 (100 %)

 Placenta abruption

1 (1 %)

1 (100 %)