. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2014 Jan;18(1):10.1007/s10995-013-1232-y. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1232-y

TABLE 1.

Select demographic and mode of delivery for women experiencing a stillbirth or live birth

Select Demographics	Women Experiencing a Stillbirth n=143	Women with a live birth^a n= 1513
Mean maternal age (range)	26.7 years (15–44 years) SD 7.2	24.9 years (13–47years) SD 7.1
Number of pregnancies mean (range)	4 (1–14) SD 3.0	3.4^* (1–15) SD 2.6
Number of living children mean (range)	2.3 (0–12) SD 2.3	2.1 (0–13) SD 2.1
Cesarean section	66 (46%)	643 (42.5%)
Vaginal delivery	74 (52%)	831 (54.9%)
Vacuum assisted delivery	3 (2%)	29 (1.9%)
Vaginal delivery for twin A followed by cesarean section for twin B	0	6 (0.4%)
Mean infant weight (SD)	2805 g (837 g)	3019^** (626 g)

Documentation on mode of delivery missing from four births.

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