Table 3.
Characteristics of women referred from health centres to Salima District Hospital
| Standards | Initial audit (n = 60) | Re-audit (n = 62) | p-value |
| Mean age in years (Standard Deviation) | 25(6) | 24(6) | 0.205 |
| Median parity (range) | 3(1–10) | 3(1–9) | 0.156 |
| Indications for referral | |||
| Prolonged/obstructed labour (%) | 60.0 | 58.1 | 0.927 |
| Obstetric haemorrhage (%) | 13.3 | 11.3 | 0.686 |
| Puerperal sepsis (%) | 8.3 | 6.5 | 0.616 |
| Preeclampsia/eclampsia (%) | 6.7 | 11.3 | 0.444 |
| Complications of abortion (%) | 10.0 | 6.5 | 0.425 |
| Retained placenta (%) | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.808 |
| Delivery by Caesarean section (%) | 31.7 | 35.5 | 0.635 |
| Perinatal mortality (%) | 8.3 | 4.8 | 0.380 |
| Case fatality rate (%) | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.521 |