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Table 2 Distribution of conditions included in the obstetric comorbidity index among women delivering in Georgia, 2008–2012

From: Methodology for sampling women at high maternal risk in administrative data

 

Total n = 550,237

Rate per 1000 deliveries

Women with poor maternal outcome n = 2654

Previous cesarean delivery

93,634

170.2

648 (24.4%)

Maternal age (years)

 Older than 44

673

1.22

12 (0.4%)

 40–44

12,499

22.72

136 (5.1%)

 35–39

57,879

105.19

429 (16.2%)

Gestational hypertension

24,632

44.77

150 (5.7%)

Mild or unspecified preeclampsia

16,350

29.71

332 (1.2%)

Asthma

12,159

22.10

87 (3.2%)

Severe Preeclampsia or Eclampsia

7062

12.8

550 (20.7%)

Pre-existing diabetes mellitus

4638

8.43

87 (3.3%)

Drug abuse

3947

7.17

39 (1.5%)

Pre-existing hypertension

2471

4.49

100 (3.8%)

Placenta previa

2439

4.43

117 (4.4%)

Cardiac valvular disease

2073

3.77

32 (1.2%)

Chronic renal disease

1258

2.29

81 (3.1%)

HIV

974

1.77

7 (0.3%)

Sickle cell disease

875

1.59

114 (4.3%)

Systemic lupus erythematosus

601

1.09

14 (0.5%)

Multiple gestationa

588

1.07

7 (0.3%)

Congenital heart disease

374

0.68

12 (0.5%)

Alcohol Abuse

272

0.49

4 (0.2%)

Pulmonary hypertension

88

0.16

13 (0.5%)

Chronic ischemic heart disease

71

0.13

2 (0.1%)

Chronic congestive heart failure

31

0.05

7 (0.3%)

  1. aData was limited to singleton delivery by birth certificate