Table 2.

Peripartum complications from birth certificates

	No Anesthesia (N=4,764)	Anesthesia (N=593)	P
Characteristic	No. (%)	No. (%)
Complication of pregnancy
Hemorrhage	40 (0.8)	11 (1.9)	0.024
Abnormalities of placenta and fetal membranes	19 (0.4)	2 (0.3)	1.000
Preeclampsia	115 (2.4)	19 (3.2)	0.263
Preeclampsia superimposed on preexisting hypertensive disease	4 (<0.1)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Eclampsia	3 (<0.1)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Complication of labor or delivery
Hemorrhage	33 (0.7)	6 (1.0)	0.436
Retained placenta (with or without hemorrhage)	32 (0.7)	3 (0.5)	1.000
Early postpartum hemorrhage	28 (0.6)	4 (0.7)	0.775
Fetopelvic disproportion	91 (1.9)	15 (2.5)	0.346
Dystocic position of fetus	424 (8.9)	48 (8.1)	0.590
Prolonged labor of other origin	381 (8.0)	73 (12.3)	<0.001
Laceration of perineum	149 (3.1)	16 (2.7)	0.705
Umbilical cord complication	54 (1.1)	9 (1.5)	0.416

N= number