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. 2020 Jul 15;21(6):533–539. doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.054

Table 1.

Case Mix and Patient Demographics

Facility
Rural Hospital
Urban Hospital
Overall
 
n 415 286 701 p
Patient age, mean (SD) 27.9 (11.2) 31.9 (12.9) 29.5 (12.1) <0.001
Hypertension 1 (0.2%) 4 (1.4%) 5 (0.7%) 0.073
Diabetes 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.3%) 2 (0.3%) 0.79
Patient gender       0.79
 Female 348 (83.9%) 242 (84.6%) 590 (84.2%)  
 Male 67 (16.1%) 44 (15.4%) 111 (15.8%)  
Location of surgery       <0.001
 Main operating room 214 (51.6%) 99 (34.6%) 313 (44.7%)  
 obstetric operating room 201 (48.4%) 187 (65.4%) 388 (55.3%)  
Urgency of case       <0.001
 Elective 47 (11.3%) 104 (36.4%) 151 (21.5%)  
 Emergency 368 (88.7%) 182 (63.3%) 550 (78.3%)  

SD = standard deviation.