Table 2.
Maternal characteristics of all hospital births in Suriname in 2016 and 2017
| Total n = (%) |
|
|---|---|
| Total deliveries | 18,290 |
| Hospitals | |
| I | 4380 (23.9) |
| II | 5070 (27.7) |
| III | 5089 (27.8) |
| IV | 3034 (16.6) |
| V | 717 (3.9) |
| Age (years) | |
| < 20 | 2518 (13.8) |
| 20–35 | 13,646 (74.8) |
| > 36 | 2087 (11.4) |
| Missings n = 39 | |
| Ethnicity | |
| Maroon | 4950 (27.6) |
| Creole | 4217 (23.5) |
| Hindustani | 3395 (18.9) |
| Mixed | 2254 (12.5) |
| Javanese | 1948 (10.9) |
| Indigenous / Amerindian | 681 (3.8) |
| Chinese | 381 (2.1) |
| Othera | 137 (0.8) |
| Missings n = 327 | |
| Parity | |
| 0 | 6243 (34.3) |
| 1–3 | 9553 (52.4) |
| > 4 | 2428 (13.3) |
| Missings n = 66 | |
| Gestational age (GA) | |
| < 28 weeks | 217 (1.2) |
| 28–36 weeks | 2312 (12.8) |
| > 37 weeks | 15,569 (86.0) |
| Missings n = 192 | |
| Anemia | |
| Moderate | 2571 (39.9) |
| Severe | 153 (2.4) |
| Missings n = 11.851 | |
| Multiple pregnancy | |
| Twin | 208 (1.1) |
| Triplet | 3 (−) |
| Mode of delivery | |
| Spontaneous | 13,650 (74.6) |
| Instrumental | 231 (1.3) |
| Cesarean section | 4409 (24.1) |
| Presentation | |
| Cephalic | 17,671 (96.6) |
| Breech | 560 (3.1) |
| Transverse | 59 (0.3) |
| Post partum hemorrhage | |
| 500–999 mL | 1031 (6.3) |
| > 1000 mL | 256 (1.6) |
| Missings n = 1942 | |
| Total babies born | 18,504 |
| Live births | 18,118 (97.9) |
| Stillbirths, > 22 weeks | 386 (2.1) |
| Sex | |
| Girls | 8915 (48.2) |
| Missings n = 17 | |
| Birth weight | |
| < 2500 g | 2774 (15.1) |
| 2500–4000 g | 15,069 (81.9) |
| > 4000 g | 558 (3.0) |
| Missings n = 103 | |
| Apgar-score 5 min | |
| Below 7 | 648 (3.9) |
| Missings n = 1704 | |
| Late stillbirth | |
| n= | 285 |
| SBR per 1000 hospital births b | 15.6 |
| Maternal deaths | |
| n= | 25c |
| National MMR per 100.000 LB d | 127 |
| n= | 20 |
| Hospital-based MMR per 100.000 LB d | 110 |
aEthnicity other: Brazilian (n = 101, 0.5%), Caucasian (n = 25, 0.1%), Caribbean (n = 11)
bSBR: stillbirth rate = per 1000 births > 28 weeks or > 1000 g
cTwo maternal death occurred at home, one during transport, two in primary health care services. Four deaths occurred antepartum, three of which in the hospitals
dMMR: maternal mortality rate, maternal deaths per 100.000 live births (LB)