Table 2.

Characteristics of mothers who had a normal vaginal delivery versus a caesarean delivery

	Normal vaginal delivery (n = 66,296)	Caesarean delivery (n = 72,370)	p value
Age group
<19 years	3,098 (57.6%)	2,279 (42.4%)	<0.001
19–34 years	56,727 (47.5%)	62,666 (52.5%)
>34 years	6,471 (46.6%)	7,425 (53.4%)
Gestational age
<28 weeks	1,120 (64%)	630 (36%)	<0.001
28–36 weeks	4,269 (41.5%)	6,006 (58.5%)
37–40 weeks	54,738 (46.8%)	62,149 (53.2%)
>40 weeks	6,169 (63.2%)	3,585 (36.8%)
Number of pregnancies
1	47,784 (46.6%)	54,659 (53.4%)	<0.001
2	10,576 (49.7%)	10,713 (50.3%)
3	4,281 (51.8%)	3,991 (48.2%)
4 or more	3,484 (55%)	2,853 (45%)
Number of living children
0	23,614 (44.9%)	28,949 (55.1%)	<0.001
1	17,956 (43.7%)	23,112 (56.3%)
2	8,568 (50.6%)	8,374 (49.4%)
3	3,215 (56.2%)	2,508 (43.8%)
4 or more	1,973 (61.5%)	1,235 (38.5%)
Number of abortions
0	51,943 (45.7%)	61,632 (51.5%)	<0.001
1–2	10,641 (56.1%)	8,343 (57.3%)
3 or more	3,541 (61.2%)	2,241 (58.9%)

p < 0.05 according to the χ² test was considered significant.