Table 2.
Sociodemographic and personal charateristics of pregnant mothers of newborns delivered by cesarean sections under general and spinal anesthesia from January to March 2016 at Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
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Age (in years) | 20-24 | 116 | 33.72 |
25-29 | 132 | 38.37 | |
30-34 | 54 | 15.70 | |
35-39 | 42 | 12.21 | |
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Pregnancy state | Gravida I | 128 | 37.20 |
Gravida II | 168 | 48.84 | |
Gravida III | 44 | 12.80 | |
Missing | 4 | 1.16 | |
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Types of gestation | Single | 324 | 94.2 |
Multiple gestation | 20 | 5.8 | |
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Maternal medical condition | Hypertension | 24 | 6.97 |
Gestational diabetes mellitus | 4 | 1.16 | |
Normal | 316 | 91.87 | |
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Type of C/S | Emergency | 250 | 72.67 |
Elective | 94 | 24.33 | |
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Type of anesthesia | Spinal | 298 | 86.82 |
General | 46 | 13.38 |