Table 3 Characteristics of pregnant women transported to hospitals by ‘108’ April 2013 to March 2014
Telangana N = 105,381 | Andhra Pradesh N = 147,374 | Himachal Pradesh N = 24,923 | Chhattisgarh N = 60,810 | Gujarat N = 270,071 | Assam N = 149,138 | |
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Age, % | ||||||
< 20 years | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 8.1 |
20-35 years | 95.6 | 94.2 | 91.2 | 92.7 | 79.7 | 87.6 |
> 35 years | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
missing | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 17.6 | 3.5 |
Social caste, % | ||||||
General caste | 5.2 | 10.8 | 29.6 | 1.6 | 12.8 | 3.3 |
Other backward | 43.2 | 43.5 | 9.4 | 20.3 | 35.0 | 16.7 |
Scheduled caste | 33.8 | 33.9 | 32.7 | 6.8 | 11.0 | 8.8 |
Scheduled tribe | 17.2 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 17.5 | 41.0 | 11.7 |
DK/ missing | 0.7 | 0.7 | 22.4 | 53.8 | 0.1 | 59.4 |
Economic class, % | ||||||
BPL | 98.3 | 98.5 | 57.2 | 4.6 | 55.7 | 85.0 |
Others | 0.5 | 0.4 | 28.8 | 0.1 | 44.0 | 10.6 |
DK/ missing | 1.2 | 1.1 | 14.0 | 95.3 | 0.2 | 4.4 |
Area, % | ||||||
Rural/tribal | 76.9 | 78.1 | 80.9 | 92.7 | 88.6 | Not available |
Urban | 23.1 | 21.7 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 11.4 | |
Missing | 0.1 | 0.2 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Type of transfer, % | ||||||
IFT | 8.7 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 | Not available |
Non-IFT | 91.4 | 90.1 | 88.7 | 96.8 | 97.6 | |
Delivery en-route, % | ||||||
At pick up site | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
In ambulance | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
Type of hospital, % | ||||||
Public | 72.8 | 71.4 | 94.7 | 88.2 | 70.1 | Not available |
Private | 13.7 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 27.4 | |
Missing | 13.5 | 12.7 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 2.5 | |
Obstetric emergency, % | 3.4 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 2.7 |