Table 1 Number of Primary Cesarean Section stratified by maternal characteristics
From: Trend in primary caesarean delivery: a five-year experience in ABRUZZO, ITALY
Maternal characteristics | Total n (%) | Maternity units over 1000 deliveries/yrs n (%) | Maternity units under 1000 deliveries/yrs n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (yrs) | < 0.001 | |||
< 20 | 126 (1.0) | 39 (0.9) | 87 (1.1) | |
20–24 | 986 (7.9) | 270 (6.1) | 716 (8.8) | |
25–29 | 2517 (20.1) | 776 (17.6) | 1741 (21.4) | |
30–34 | 4296 (34.3) | 1476 (33.4) | 2820 (34.7) | |
35–39 | 3368 (26.9) | 1323 (29.9) | 2045 (25.2) | |
> 39 | 1249 (10.0) | 537 (12.1) | 712 (8.8) | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | |||
Unmarried | 2273 (18.1) | 990 (22.4) | 1283 (15.8) | |
Married | 5963 (47.5) | 1971 (44.6) | 3992 (49.2) | |
Separated | 56 (0.4) | 20 (0.5) | 36 (0.4) | |
Divorced | 53 (0.4) | 25 (0.6) | 28 (0.3) | |
Widow | 13 (0.1) | 7 (0.2) | 6 (0.1) | |
Not declared | 3193 (25.5) | 1396 (31.6) | 1797 (22.1) | |
Missing | 991 (7.9) | 12 (0.3) | 979 (12.1) | |
Citizen | < 0.001 | |||
Italian | 10,899 (86.9) | 3963 (89.6) | 6936 (85.4) | |
Non Italian | 1643 (13.1) | 458 (10.4) | 1185 (14.6) |