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. 2020 Nov 30;17(Suppl 2):154. doi: 10.1186/s12978-020-01006-6

Table 5.

Maternal and Fetal/Neonatal Outcomes by Hemoglobin Concentration for India

Overall Maternal Hemoglobin g/dL
Very low(<  7.0) Low(7.0–7.9) Low(8.0–8.9) Low(9.0–9.9) Low normal(10.0–10.9) Normal(11.0–12.9) High(≥ 13.0)
Maternal Outcomes
 Deliveries, N 112,734 268 992 8037 42,460 43,530 16,163 1284
 Maternal death < 42 days (Rate/100,000 deliveries) 134 (119) 0 (0) 1 (101) 18 (224) 41 (97) 47 (108) 23 (142) 4 (312)
 Antepartum hemorrhage, N (%) 739 (0.7) 6 (2.2) 11 (1.1) 60 (0.7) 301 (0.7) 239 (0.5) 114 (0.7) 8 (0.6)
 Postpartum hemorrhage, N (%) 679 (0.6) 10 (3.8) 14 (1.4) 70 (0.9) 209 (0.5) 233 (0.5) 131 (0.8) 12 (1.0)
 Hypertensive disease/pre- eclampsia/eclampsia, N (%) 3685 (3.3) 18 (6.7) 38 (3.8) 255 (3.2) 1287 (3.0) 1314 (3.0) 675 (4.2) 98 (7.6)
 Obstructed labor, N (%) 11,546 (10.3) 27 (10.1) 90 (9.1) 749 (9.3) 3970 (9.4) 4557 (10.5) 1982 (12.3) 171 (13.3)
 C-delivery, N (%) 28,706 (25.5) 64 (23.9) 203 (20.5) 1766 (22.0) 9664 (22.8) 11,412 (26.2) 5172 (32.0) 425 (33.1)
 Preterm, N (%) 12,740 (11.3) 43 (16.2) 141 (14.2) 1050 (13.1) 5060 (12.0) 4629 (10.7) 1676 (10.4) 141 (11.0)
Fetal/Neonatal Outcomes
 Births, N 113,749 269 1006 8116 42,853 43,893 16,319 1293
 Stillbirth, N (Rate/1000) 2926 (25.7) 15 (55.8) 36 (35.8) 245 (30.2) 1166 (27.2) 1038 (23.7) 392 (24.0) 34 (26.3)
 Neonatal mortality < 7 days, N (Rate/1000) 2097 (18.9) 10 (39.4) 30 (31.0) 182 (23.1) 856 (20.6) 732 (17.1) 266 (16.7) 21 (16.7)
 Neonatal mortality < 28 days, N (Rate/1000) 2593 (23.4) 12 (47.2) 33 (34.1) 228 (29.0) 1038 (24.9) 926 (21.6) 328 (20.6) 28 (22.3)
 Birth weight (g)a, Mean (SD) 2707 (462) 2641 (505) 2644 (481) 2670 (472) 2687 (466) 2720 (450) 2744 (469) 2728 (462)
 Low birth weight (<  2500 g)a, N (%) 21,575 (19.2) 69 (26.6) 253 (25.7) 1783 (22.3) 8436 (20.0) 7787 (18.0) 2969 (18.5) 278 (21.9)

aBirth weight measured within 7 days of delivery