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. 2023 Mar 15;18(3):e0282819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282819

Table 2. Obstetrics characteristics related variables of immediate postpartum women in East Gojjam zone hospitals Northwest Ethiopia 2020 (n = 467).

Variables Categories Frequency (N) Percentages (%)
Parity Prime para 229 49
Multipara 238 51
Gestational age Preterm pregnancy 111 23.7
Term pregnancy 322 69
Post-term pregnancy 34 7.3
ANC follow-up Yes 428 91.6
No 39 8.4
Birth interval <2 years 74 15.8
≥2 years 169 36.2
Antepartum hemorrhage Yes 75 16.1
No 392 83.9
Multiple pregnancies Yes 76 16.3
No 391 83.7
History of abortion Yes 108 23.1
No 359 76.9
Mode of delivery SVD 319 68.3
IAVD 34 7.3
C/S 114 24.4
Episiotomy Yes 61 13.1
No 292 62.5
Perineal Tear Yes 99 21.2
No 254 54.4
Weight of newborn in grams <2500 64 13.7
2500–3999 382 81.8
≥ 4000 21 4.5

CS = cesarean section, IAVD = Instrumental assisted vaginal delivery, SVD = spontaneous vertex delivery