Table 2.
Antenatal obstetric characteristics of the study population (N=32 321)
Gaza | West Bank | P value | |||||
Hospital 1 (n=4674) n (%) |
Hospital 2 (n=4895) n (%) |
Hospital 3 (n=10 849) n (%) |
Hospital 4 (n=5519) n (%) |
Hospital 5 (n=3626) n (%) |
Hospital 6 (n=2758) n (%) |
||
Parity | |||||||
Primiparous | 1072 (22.9) | 1223 (25.0) | 2846 (26.2) | 1217 (22.1) | 1002 (27.6) | 749 (27.2) | <0.001* |
Parous | 3600 (77.1) | 3672 (75.0) | 8001 (73.8) | 4302 (77.9) | 2624 (72.4) | 2008 (72.8) | |
Missing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
No of children alive among parous women, median (IQR) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | 1 (3) | 2 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | <0.001† |
Previous caesarean section among parous women | |||||||
0 | 3419 (95.0) | 3393 (92.4) | 7161 (89.5) | 3704 (86.1) | 2295 (87.5) | 1869 (93.1) | <0.001* |
1 | 181 (5.0) | 279 (7.6) | 840 (10.5) | 598 (13.9) | 329 (12.5) | 139 (6.9) | |
No of antenatal visits, mean (SD) | 5.12 (1.97) | 5.75 (1.98) | 5.53 (1.97) | 9.06 (3.06) | 8.60 (2.16) | 9.64 (3.42) | <0.001† |
No of antenatal visits | |||||||
≤3 | 947 (20.3) | 181 (3.7) | 1358 (12.5) | 221 (4.0) | 84 (2.3) | 103 (3.7) | <0.001* |
4–7 | 3171 (67.9) | 3783 (77.4) | 7334 (67.7) | 1068 (19.4) | 677 (18.7) | 439 (16.0) | |
≥8 | 553 (11.8) | 923 (18.9) | 2146 (19.8) | 4212 (76.6) | 2859 (79.0) | 2209 (67.1) | |
Missing | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 7 | |
In vitro fertilisation treatment | |||||||
Yes | 26 (0.6) | 13 (0.3) | 35 (0.3) | 32 (0.6) | 19 (0.5) | 14 (0.5) | <0.043* |
No | 4476 (99.4) | 4809 (99.7) | 10 507 (99.7) | 5471 (99.4) | 3592 (99.5) | 2723 (99.5) | |
Missing | 172 | 73 | 307 | 16 | 15 | 21 | |
Hypertensive disorder | |||||||
Yes | 155 (3.3) | 147 (3.0) | 473 (4.4) | 158 (2.9) | 68 (1.9) | 26 (0.9) | <0.001* |
No/unknown | 4519 (96.7) | 4748 (97.0) | 10 376 (95.6) | 5361 (97.1) | 3558 (98.1) | 2732 (99.1) | |
Induction of labour | |||||||
Yes | 373 (8.0) | 549 (11.2) | 1424 (13.1) | 1027 (18.6) | 601 (16.6) | 324 (11.7) | <0.001* |
No/unknown | 4301 (92.0) | 4346 (88.8) | 9425 (86.9) | 4492 (81.4) | 3025 (83.4) | 2434 (88.3) |
*P value from χ2 test is used to test the difference between hospitals.
†P value from analysis of variance is used to test the difference between hospitals.