Characteristics | n (%) |
No of pregnant women | 3731 |
No of fetuses | |
Single | 3681 (98.7) |
Multiple gestation | 50 (1.3) |
Place of delivery* | |
Partner referral facility | 2288 (64.0) |
Other facilities | 502 (14.0) |
Home births | 786 (22.0) |
Mode of delivery* | |
Vaginal | 2620 (73.3) |
Spontaneous | 2617 (99.9) |
Assisted | 3 (0.1) |
Caesarean | 956 (26.7) |
Elective | 530 (55.7) |
Emergent | 422 (44.3) |
No of birth outcomes | 3781 |
Birth outcomes† | |
Livebirths | 3478 (92.0) |
Stillbirths | 98 (2.6) |
Miscarriages | 180 (4.8) |
Abortions | 25 (0.7) |
Gender* | |
Male | 1836 (51.3) |
Female | 1738 (48.6) |
Ambiguous | 2 (0.0) |
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)‡ | |
Extremely preterm (<28) | 8 (0.2) |
Very preterm (28 to <32) | 44 (1.3) |
Moderate-to-late preterm (32 to <37) | 644 (18.6) |
Term (≥37) | 2761 (79.9) |
Birthweight categories (kg)‡§ | |
Extremely low birth weight (<1) | 2 (0.1) |
Very low birth weight (1 to < 1.5) | 31 (1.2) |
Low birth weight (1.5 to <2.5) | 578 (22.8) |
Normal birth weight (≥2.5) | 1930 (75.9) |
*Reported for livebirths and stillbirths only.
†n=50 women had multiple gestations.
‡Reported for livebirths only; missing ultrasound on n=21, hence GA at delivery could not be ascertained.
§Only reported for those collected within 72 hours; missing data on n=937 infants.
GA, gestational age.