Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Women Undergoing Cesarean Section with Medecins sans Frontieres.
Site | Masisi | Lubutu | Bo | Kabezi | Total |
n | 446 | 174 | 338 | 318 | 1276 |
Median age (IQR) | 25 (20–30) | 20 (18–24) | 20 (17–25) | 25 (21–30) | 25 (20–30) |
Median parity | 4 (2–7) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (0–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–5) |
Emergency | 415 (93) | 164 (94) | 333 (99) | 317 (99) | 1229 (96) |
Median length of stay | 7 (7–9) | 7 (5–8) | 5 (5–7) | 9 (7–12) | 7 (6–9) |
Maternal death | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 1 (0.3) | 7 (0.5) |
Early neonatal death | 54 (12) | 19 (11) | 72 (21) | 29 (9) | 174 (14) |
Post-operative infection rate | 32 (7) | 3 (2) | 25 (7) | 33 (10) | 93 (7) |
Cesarean section rates | 5.5 | 7.9 | 16.8 | 4.1 | 6.2 |
IQR, Interquartile range.