Table 3.

Maternal and perinatal outcomes of women with a history of prior cesarean birth overall and by mode of delivery, January 2017–April 2020

	Total women with history of caesarean N = 2793	Vaginal birth after caesarean n = 560, 20.1%	Repeat cesarean birth n = 2233, 79.9%	p-value
Maternal outcomes
Uterotonics n, %	2416, 86.5%	224, 40.0%	2192, 98.2%	< 0.001b
Blood transfusion n, %	29, 1.0%	4, 07%	25, 1.1%	0.49b
D&C/suction n, %	21, 0.8%	18, 3.2%	3, 0.1%	< 0.001b
Magnesium n, %	146, 5.2%	6, 1.1%	140, 6.3%	< 0.001b
Hysterectomy n, %	14, 0.5%	1, 0.2%	13, 0.6%	0.33b
Severe infection n, %	35, 1.3%	3, 0.5%	32, 1.4%	0.09b
Postpartum infection n, %	9, 0.3%	2, 0.4%	7, 0.3%	1.0b
Missing	83, 3.0%	15, 2.7%	68, 3.1%
Seizure n, %	3, 0.1%	0, 0.0%	3, 0.1%	1.0b
Missing	83, 3.0%	15, 2.7%	68, 3.1%
Unplanned hospitalization n, %	23, 0.8%	6, 1.1%	17, 0.8%	0.43b
Missing	83, 3.0%	15, 2.7%	68, 3.1%
Death by 42 days n, %	1, 0.1%	1, 0.2%	0, 0.0%	0.20b
Missing	83, 3.0%	15, 2.7%	68, 3.1%
Neonatal outcomes
Fetal status n, %				< 0.001b
Born alive, alive	2732, 97.8%	526, 93.9%	2206, 98.8%
Born alive, neonatal demise	17, 0.6%	12, 2.1%	5, 0.2%
Stillbirth	44, 1.6%	22, 3.9%	22, 1.0%
Bag and mask resuscitation n, %	31, 1.1%	9, 1.6%	22, 1.0%	0.21b
Missing	1, 0.1%	0, 0.0%	1, 0.1%
Breastfeed within an hour n, %	581, 21.1%	446, 82.9%	135, 6.1%	< 0.001c
Neonatal antibiotics n, %	114, 4.1%	16, 2.9%	98, 4.4%	0.10c
CPAP n, %	7, 0.3%	1, 0.2%	6, 0.3%	1.0b
Missing	2, 0.1%	1, 0.2%	1, 0.1%
Oxygen n, %	125, 4.5%	18, 3.2%	107, 4.8%	0.11c
Ventilation n, %	15, 0.5%	3, 0.5%	12, 05%	1.0b
Missing	1, 0.1%	0, 0.0%	1, 0.1%
Death by 42 Days n, %	39, 1.4%	10, 1.8%	29, 1.3%	0.31c
Missing	143, 5.1%	48, 8.6%	95, 4.3%

^aKruskall-Wallis

^bFisher’s exact

^cchi²

Note All tests performed excluding missing data