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. 2020 Mar 6;20:148. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-2820-7

Table 1.

General characteristic of study population

Total
(N = 90,035)
No SMM
(N = 87,994)
SMM
(N = 2041)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Postpartum readmission
 No 89,178 (99.05) 87,187 (99.08) 1991 (97.55)
 Yes 857 (0.95) 807 (0.92) 50 (2.45)
Maternal characteristics
 Maternal age (years)
  15–19 298 (0.33) 284 (0.32) 14 (0.69)
  20–24 4151 (4.61) 4055 (4.61) 96 (4.70)
  25–29 28,212 (31.33) 27,737 (31.52) 475 (23.27)
  30–34 42,410 (47.10) 41,492 (47.15) 918 (44.98)
  35–39 13,170 (14.63) 12,739 (14.48) 431 (21.12)
  40+ 1794 (1.99) 1687 (1.92) 107 (5.24)
 Income level
  1Q 8472 (9.41) 8244 (9.37) 228 (11.17)
  2Q 13,185 (14.64) 12,881 (14.64) 304 (14.89)
  3Q 23,587 (26.20) 23,074 (26.22) 513 (25.13)
  4Q 29,342 (32.59) 28,708 (32.62) 634 (31.06)
  5Q 15,449 (17.16) 15,087 (17.15) 362 (17.74)
 Type of insurance
  Self-employed insured 26,225 (29.13) 25,558 (29.05) 667 (32.68)
  Employee insured 63,527 (70.56) 62,167 (70.65) 1360 (66.63)
  Medical aid 283 (0.31) 269 (0.31) 14 (0.69)
 Residential area
  Rural 26,636 (29.58) 25,976 (29.52) 660 (32.34)
  Urban 63,399 (70.42) 62,018 (70.48) 1381 (67.66)
 Working status
  Work 25,055 (27.83) 24,500 (27.84) 555 (27.19)
  Not work 64,980 (72.17) 63,494 (72.16) 1486 (72.81)
 Mode of delivery
  Spontaneous vaginal delivery 31,990 (35.53) 31,617 (35.93) 373 (18.28)
  Instrumental delivery 24,648 (27.38) 24,229 (27.53) 419 (20.53)
  Cesarean section delivery 33,397 (37.09) 32,148 (36.53) 1249 (61.20)
 Parity
  1 (Nulliparous) 60,081 (66.73) 58,547 (66.54) 1534 (75.16)
  2 26,573 (29.51) 26,126 (29.69) 447 (21.90)
  3+ 3381 (3.76) 3321 (3.77) 60 (2.94)
 Twin birth status
  Singleton 88,944 (98.79) 87,013 (98.89) 1931 (94.61)
  Twin 1091 (1.21) 981 (1.11) 110 (5.39)
 Comorbidities during pregnancy
  0 73,743 (81.90) 72,500 (82.39) 1243 (60.90)
  1+ 16,292 (18.10) 15,494 (17.61) 798 (37.10)
Hospital characteristics
 Type of hospital
  Primary 42,542 (47.25) 41,973 (47.70) 569 (27.88)
  Secondary 38,200 (42.43) 37,578 (42.71) 622 (30.48)
  Tertiary 9293 (10.32) 8443 (9.59) 850 (41.65)

SMM severe maternal morbidity