Table 2. Admission characteristics of women delivering at health care facilities in Lubumbashi, DRC, 2014.
| Number (n = 1,390) |
Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Referral | 65 | 4.7 |
| Type of delivery | ||
| UnVD | 1,009 | 72.6 |
| CVD | 261 | 18.8 |
| Cesarean section | 120 | 8.6 |
| Complications | ||
| Obstructed delivery | 124 | 8.9 |
| Other complications‡ | 105 | 7.6 |
| Ante- and postpartum hemorrhage | 61 | 4.4 |
| Uterine rupture | 34 | 2.5 |
| Eclampsia | 44 | 3.2 |
| Service provider for VD | ||
| Nurse or midwife | 1,169 | 92.0 |
| General practitioner | 77 | 6.1 |
| Specialist | 24 | 1,9 |
| Service provider for Cesarean-section | ||
| General practitioner | 84 | 70.0 |
| Specialist | 36 | 30.0 |
| Accompanied to the maternity ward | 403 | 29.0 |
| Relationship of companion | ||
| Mother of the woman | 154 | 38.2 |
| Sister-in-law | 83 | 20.6 |
| Sister | 63 | 15.6 |
| Mother-in-law | 53 | 13.2 |
| Friend | 37 | 9.2 |
| Spouse | 13 | 3.2 |
| Principal occupation of the companion | ||
| Homemaker | 247 | 61.3 |
| Vendors or civil service agents | 156 | 38.7 |
| Person who paid | ||
| Couple | 1,210 | 87.1 |
| Insurance subscriber | 111 | 8.0 |
| Relative | 69 | 5.0 |
‡: placenta previa, placental abruption and premature rupture of membranes