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. 2010 Nov;20(3):145–151. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v20i3.69443

Table 1.

Background characteristics of obstructed labor cases, JUSH, Nov 2008–April 2009.

Background information Number of cases (N=179) Percent
Age
≤19 15 8.4
20–29 110 61.5
30–34 30 16.8
≥35 24 13.4
Religion
Muslim 133 74.3
Christian 46 25.7
Ethnicity
Oromo 143 79.9
Amhara 15 8.4
Dawro 8 4.5
Keffa 7 3.9
Others 6 3.4
Parity
Primipara 61 34.1%
Para II–IV 75 41.9%
Para ≥V 43 24.0%
Total 179 100.0%