Table 2.
Percent Distribution of all Births and Stillbirths by maternal and fetal characteristics
| Number of births (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Live birth | Stillbirth | Total |
| Maternal age | |||
| ≤ 19 | 136 (3.3) | 9 (5.2) | 145 (3.3) |
| 20–24 | 877 (21.1) | 33 (19.1) | 910 (21.0) |
| 25–29 | 1337 (32.2) | 42 (24.3) | 1379 (31.9) |
| 30–34 | 1143 (27.5) | 47 (27.2) | 1190 (27.5) |
| 35–49 | 662 (15.9) | 42 (24.3) | 704 (16.3) |
| Mean (Standard deviation) 28.6 (5.5) | |||
| Employment Status | |||
| Employed | 495 (15.5) | 18 (12.3) | 513 (15.4) |
| Self employed | 1586 (49.8) | 69 (47.3) | 1655 (49.7) |
| Unemployed | 961 (30.2) | 55 (37.7) | 1016 (30.5) |
| Student | 143 (4.5) | 4 (2.7) | 147 (4.4) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Urban | 2906 (82.7) | 132 (82.5) | 3038 (82.8) |
| Rural | 605 (17.2) | 28 (17.5) | 633 (17.2) |
| Marital Status | |||
| Single mothers | 79 (2.3) | 4 (2.5) | 83 (2.3) |
| Married | 3416 (97.7) | 158 (97.5) | 3574 (97.7) |
| Booked for Antenatal | |||
| Not Booked | 1466 (38.7) | 101 (64.3) | 1567 (39.7) |
| Booked | 2320 (61.3) | 56 (35.7) | 2376 (60.3) |
| Referral | |||
| Not referred | 3559 (91.9) | 119 (75.8) | 3678 (91.3) |
| Referred | 312 (8.1) | 38 (24.2) | 350 (8.7) |
| Parity | |||
| 0 | 1271 (30.8) | 38 (21.9) | 1309 (30.5) |
| 1 | 995 (24.1) | 31 (17.9) | 1026 (23.9) |
| 2–4 | 1540 (37.4) | 72 (41.6) | 1612 (37.5) |
| 5–13 | 316 (7.7) | 32 (18.5) | 348 (8.1) |
| No of past stillbirths | |||
| 0 | 3311 (95.8) | 112 (73.7) | 3423 (94.8) |
| 1+ | 146 (4.2) | 40 (26.3) | 186 (5.2) |
| Complications in any past pregnancy | |||
| Yes | 237 (7.1) | 20 (14.6) | 257 (7.4) |
| No | 3085 (92.9) | 117 (85.4) | 3202 (92.6) |
| Birth weight | |||
| < 1.50 kg | 30 (0.7) | 17 (10.9) | 47 (1.1) |
| 1.50–2.49 kg | 329 (8.1) | 42 (26.9) | 371 (8.8) |
| 2.50–3.99 kg | 3539 (87.1) | 85 (54.5) | 3634 (85.9) |
| ≥ 4.00 kg | 165 (4.1) | 12 (7.7) | 177 (4.2) |
| Gestation age at delivery | |||
| < 37 weeks | 433 (16.6) | 54 (44.3) | 487 (17.8) |
| ≥ 37 weeks | 2179 (83.4) | 68 (55.7) | 2247 (82.2) |
| Mode of Delivery | |||
| Normal Vaginal | 3288 (87.2) | 119 (78.8) | 3407 (86.8) |
| Caesarean section | 429 (11.4) | 23 (15.2) | 452 (11.5) |
| Others | 56 (1.5) | 9 (5.9) | 65 (1.7) |