Table 2.

Obstetricians’ experience-based assessment of risk factors for, and associations between maternal and perinatal mortalities and morbidities and uterine ruptures, N = 79

Item		N (%)
Risk factors for uterine rupture
Previous cesarean scar		51 (64.6)
Injudicious use of oxytocics		43 (54.4)
Poor/no antenatal care in pregnancy		43 (54.4)
Mismanagement of labour		30 (38.0)
Association between uterine rupture and
Maternal mortality	High	75 (94.9)
	Low	4 (5.1)
Maternal morbidity	High	78 (98.7)
	Low	1 (1.3)
Perinatal mortality	High	79 (100.0)
	Low	0 (0.0)
Perinatal morbidity	High	79 (100.0)
	Low	0 (0.0)