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. 2012 Sep 4;7(9):e44484. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044484

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.