Table 1. Occurrence of type specific postpartum hemorrhage (PPH); singleton births ≥22 weeks of gestation.
| All types | Retained placenta | Atony | Trauma or laceration | Placental abruption | Placenta previa | Dystocia | Undefined bleeding cause | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | (n) | %a | %b | ||
| All PPH (>500ml) | 1967–2017 | 312528 | 100.0 | 35664 | 11.4 | 73284 | 23.4 | 28673 | 9.2 | 3598 | 1.2 | 2542 | 0.8 | 37597 | 12.0 | 131170 | 42.0 | ||||||||
| Mild PPH (500–1500ml) | 1999–2017 | 191730 | 100.0 | 87.2 | 17455 | 9.1 | 70.7 | 39048 | 20.4 | 84.3 | 16760 | 8.7 | 86.6 | 1785 | 0.9 | 77.9 | 1647 | 0.9 | 76.1 | 26644 | 13.9 | 87.0 | 88391 | 46.1 | 93.6 |
| Severe PPH (>1500ml) | 1999–2017 | 28149 | 100.0 | 12.8 | 7229 | 25.7 | 29.3 | 7276 | 25.8 | 15.7 | 2586 | 9.2 | 13.4 | 506 | 1.8 | 22.1 | 517 | 1.8 | 23.9 | 3980 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 6055 | 21.5 | 6.4 |
a Distribution between types in percent (row percent)
b Proportions according to severity of PPH types (column percent) (since 1999, when severe PPH was specified).