Table 4.

Rates of adverse maternal outcomes and obstetric interventions among planned home and hospital births

	Planned low risk at home	Planned low risk in hospital	p Value
	n = 3202	n = 701,058
Mother outcomes
Composite maternal morbidity	344 (10.7%)	121,248 (17.3%)	< 0.001
Mother admitted to HDU/ICU	6 (0.2%)	4217 (0.6%)	0.002
3rd/4th degree tear	31 (1.0%)	14,000 (2.0%)	< 0.001
Postpartum haemorrhage	291 (9.1%)	90,603 (12.9%)	< 0.001
Blood Transfusion	10 (0.3%)	5174 (0.7%)	0.005
Manual removal of placenta	29 (0.9%)	17,354 (2.5%)	< 0.001
Rupture of uterus	0 (0 per 1000)	94 (0.13 per 1000)	0.5
Intrapartum haemorrhage	3 (0.1%)	2565 (0.4%)	0.01
Obstetric Interventions
Unplanned Caesarean	81 (2.5%)	87,716 (12.5%)	< 0.001
Instrumental delivery	79 (2.5%)	122,517 (17.5%)	< 0.001
Epidural	101 (3.2%)	192,821 (27.5%)	< 0.001
General Anaesthetic	5 (0.2%)	6754 (1.0%)	< 0.001
Episiotomy	92 (2.9%)	148,868 (21.2%)	< 0.001
Spontaneous Vaginal	3038 (94.9%)	490,748 (70.0%)	< 0.001
	Planned high risk at home	Planned high risk in hospital	p Value
	n = 743	n = 128,228
Mother outcomes
Composite maternal morbidity	124 (16.7%)	31,543 (24.6%)	< 0.001
Mother admitted to HDU/ICU	4 (0.5%)	1459 (1.1%)	0.06
3rd/4th degree tear	12 (1.6%)	2443 (1.9%)	0.58
Postpartum haemorrhage	108 (14.5%)	25,079 (19.6%)	< 0.001
Blood Transfusion	14 (1.9%)	1634 (1.3%)	0.25
Manual removal of placenta	15 (2.0%)	4058 (3.2%)	0.047
Rupture of uterus	1 (1.3 per 1000)	138 (1.1 per 1000)	0.37
Rupture of uterus (women with past caesarean only)	1 (3.2 per 1000)	138 (3.6 per 1000)	0.89
Intrapartum haemorrhage	3 (0.4%)	673 (0.52%)	0.65
Obstetric Interventions
Unplanned Caesarean	66 (8.9%)	41,530 (32.4%)	< 0.001
Instrumental delivery	34 (46%)	18,407 (14.4%)	< 0.001
Epidural	40 (5.4%)	35,266 (27.5%)	< 0.001
General Anaesthetic	4 (0.5%)	3450 (2.7%)	< 0.001
Episiotomy	30 (4.0%)	20,329 (15.9%)	< 0.001
Spontaneous Vaginal	640 (86.1%)	68,219 (53.2%)	< 0.001