Pregnant women—candidates for a normal birth | |||||||
Yes | No | Total | P value | ||||
n=1863 | %* | n=1452 | %* | n=3315 | %* | ||
Maternal morbidity | |||||||
Perineal tear | |||||||
No | 187 | 12.41 | 97 | 9.13 | 284 | 11.06 | |
Yes | 553 | 36.70 | 318 | 29.92 | 871 | 33.92 | 0.001 |
First degree | 265 | 17.58 | 139 | 13.08 | 404 | 15.73 | |
Second degree | 197 | 13.07 | 119 | 11.19 | 316 | 12.31 | |
Third degree A | 4 | 0.27 | 3 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.27 | |
Third degree B | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | ||
Third degree C | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fourth degree | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.04 | ||
Laceration | 85 | 5.64 | 55 | 5.17 | 140 | 5.45 | |
Severe vaginal laceration | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | ||
Unidentified vaginal tear | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.04 | ||
Missing | 357 | 390 | 747 | ||||
Postpartum haemorrhage (in mL) | |||||||
Physiological <500 | 1689 | 90.90 | 1304 | 89.93 | 2993 | 90.48 | |
Moderate 500–1000 | 167 | 8.99 | 141 | 9.72 | 308 | 9.31 | |
Severe >1000 | 2 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.34 | 7 | 0.21 | 0.256 |
Missing | 5 | 2 | 7 |
*Valid percentage (without considering the missing or unknown data).