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. 2021 Nov;31(6):1199–1206. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i6.15

Table 3.

Frequency distribution of VAD and FAD by maternal age, parity, gestational age, and birth weight (July 2011 to June 2016) (VAD =427, FAD =915)

VAD FAD

No. Percent No. Percent
Maternal age (years)
15 – 19 23 5.4 50 5.5 73
20 – 24 142 33.3 338 36.9 480
25 – 29 161 37.7 358 39.1 519
30 – 34 76 17.8 126 13.8 202
35 + 25 5.9 43 4.7 68
Total 427 100 915 100.0 1342
Parity
1 283 66.3 656 71.7 939
2 – 4 137 32.1 255 27.9 392
>4 7 1.6 4 0.4 11
Total 427 100 915 100 1342
Gestational age (weeks)
Unknown 133 31.1 260 28.4 393
< 37 1 0.2 34 3.7 35
37 – 41 + 6 261 61.1 549 60 810
> 42 32 7.5 72 7.9 104
Total 427 100 915 100 1342
Birth weight (grams)
<2500 20 4.7 103 11.3 123
2500 – 3999 393 92 791 86.4 1184
>4000 14 3.3 21 2.3 35
Total 427 100 915 100 1342