Table 2. Birth characteristics in MCNs with low, moderate or high induction of labor rates.
(NTSV group, excluding planned CS/congenital anomalies).
| Q1 (low) n = 50419 |
Q2-3 (moderate) n = 89139 |
Q4 (high) n = 38360 |
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| Birth characteristics | ||||||
| Place and level of care at birth | ||||||
| Birth in primary midwife-led care | 12857 | 25.6% | 19350 | 21.8% | 6670 | 17.5% |
| primary care, home | 5026 | 10.0% | 8538 | 9.6% | 2372 | 6.2% |
| primary care, birth center | 2101 | 4.2% | 1056 | 1.2% | 425 | 1.1% |
| primary care, place unknown | 999 | 2.0% | 570 | .6% | 272 | .7% |
| primary care, hospital | 4731 | 9.4% | 9186 | 10.3% | 3601 | 9.4% |
| Birth in secondary/tertiary care, hospital | 37343 | 74.4% | 69442 | 78.2% | 31459 | 82.5% |
| after referral from primary care during labor | 22330 | 44.5% | 35899 | 40.4% | 14002 | 36.7% |
| Augmentation/oxytocin first stage | 24262 | 50.9% | 46854 | 53.6% | 22461 | 60.0% |
| after spontaneous start | 17802 | 45.9% | 31472 | 47.7% | 13044 | 51.2% |
| after IOL by prostaglandins | 959 | 68.1% | 1695 | 64.4% | 1161 | 67.1% |
| after IOL by Foley | 3436 | 80.8% | 7906 | 81.3% | 5155 | 84.0% |
| after IOL by oxytocin | 2065 | 100.0% | 5781 | 100.0% | 3101 | 100.0% |
| Pharmaceutical pain relief first stage | ||||||
| none | 26199 | 52.0% | 42362 | 47.5% | 15430 | 40.2% |
| opioid | 5395 | 10.7% | 10374 | 11.6% | 5235 | 13.6% |
| epidural | 15410 | 30.6% | 32163 | 36.1% | 15738 | 41.0% |
| other/unknown | 3415 | 6.8% | 4240 | 4.8% | 1957 | 5.10% |
Missings in variables are not shown. Due to missings, numbers not always add up to the total number in Q1, Q2-3 and Q4. Percentages are calculated on valid numbers.