Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population and CS percentage, Moshi urban and rural districts
| Singleton births | Moshi urban | Moshi rural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All births 2000–2013 n (%) | CS deliveries 2000–2013 n (%) | CS% | All births 2000–2013 n (%) | CS deliveries 2000–2013 n (%) | CS% | |
| Referral status | ||||||
| Medically referred | 2269 (11%) | 1062 (19%) | 47% | 2423 (28%) | 1187 (41%) | 49% |
| Not referred | 17938 (85%) | 4318 (77%) | 24% | 5882 (67%) | 1675 (54%) | 29% |
| Missing | 788 (4%) | 211 (3.8%) | 452 (5%) | 137 (4.6%) | ||
| Father’s education level | ||||||
| No/primary education | 8720 (42%) | 2516 (45%) | 29% | 5192 (59) | 1995 (67%) | 39% |
| Sec/higher education | 12223 (58%) | 3063 (55%) | 25% | 3524 (40) | 984 (33%) | 28% |
| Missing | 52 (0.2%) | 12 (0.2%) | 41 (0.5%) | 20 (0.7%) | ||
| Mother’s education level | ||||||
| No/primary education | 11362 (54%) | 3125 (56%) | 28% | 6104 (70%) | 2273 (76%) | 37% |
| Sec/higher education | 9602 (46%) | 2460 (44%) | 26% | 2639 (30%) | 722 (24%) | 27% |
| Missing | 31 (0.1%) | 6 (0.1%) | 14 (0.2%) | 4 (0.1%) | ||
| Mother’s marital status | ||||||
| Married | 18382 (88%) | 4967 (89%) | 27% | 7623 (87%) | 2607 (88%) | 34% |
| Single | 2562 (12%) | 615 (11%) | 24% | 1084 (12%) | 369 (12%) | 34% |
| Missing | 51 (0.2%) | 9 (0.2%) | 50 (0.6%) | 23 (0.8%) | ||
| Mother’s tribe | ||||||
| Chagga | 11613 (55%) | 2905 (52%) | 25% | 5695 (65%) | 1729 (58%) | 30% |
| Pare | 2299 (11%) | 690 (12%) | 30% | 918 (11%) | 419 (14%) | 46% |
| Other | 7058 (34%) | 1991 (36%) | 28% | 2131 (24%) | 845 (28%) | 40% |
| Missing | 25 (0.1%) | 5 (0.1%) | 13 (0.1% | 6 (0.2%) | ||
| Mother’s age | ||||||
| 13-17y | 398 (2%) | 97 (2%) | 24% | 280 (3%) | 78 (3%) | 28% |
| 18-25y | 7998 (38%) | 1851 (33%) | 23% | 3416 (39% | 1126 (38%) | 33% |
| 26-35y | 10635 (51%) | 3008 (54%) | 28% | 3954 (45%) | 1405 (47%) | 36% |
| 36-47y | 1931 (9%) | 628 (9%) | 33% | 1092 (13%) | 383 (13%) | 35% |
| <13y, >47y | 29 (0.1%) | 7 (0.1%) | 12 (0.1%) | 5 (0.2%) | ||
| Missing | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 (0.1%) | ||
| Mother’s parity | ||||||
| 1 | 8843 (42%) | 2152 (39%) | 24% | 3309 (38%) | 998 (33%) | 30% |
| 2-3 | 9692 (46%) | 2756 (49%) | 29% | 3725 (42%) | 1410 (47%) | 38% |
| 4-6 | 2351 (11%) | 663 (12%) | 28% | 1556 (18%) | 544 (18%) | 35% |
| 7+ | 109 (0.5%) | 20 (0.4%) | 18% | 167 (2%) | 47 (1.6%) | 28% |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||