Analysis of the Severe Maternal Outcomes between Resource-Poor and Resource-Rich Hospitals in China’s Hunan Province from 2012 to 2018

Table 3

Termination of pregnancy for cases with severe maternal outcomes at resource-poor and resource-rich hospitals in Hunan Province from 2012 to 2018.

Variables	Resource-poor hospitals		Resource-rich hospitals
		%		%
Gestational age (weeks)
<28	52	10.04	107	8.24
29-36	105	20.27	505	38.88
37-42	293	56.56	626	48.19
Missing	68	13.13	61	4.70
Birth weight (grams)
<2500	111	21.43	471	36.26
2500-4000	298	57.53	744	57.27
≥4000	32	6.18	51	3.93
Missing	103	19.88	145	11.16
Mode of delivery/end of pregnancy
Vaginal delivery	124	23.94	284	21.86
Cesarean section	318	61.39	918	70.67
Abortion/others	50	9.65	62	4.77
Missing	26	5.02	35	2.69
Place of delivery
Provincial hospital	4	0.77	1225	94.30
County hospital	452	87.26	19	1.46
Township hospital/others	25	4.83	19	1.46
Missing	37	7.14	36	2.77
Total deliveries
1	459	88.61	1136	87.45
≥2	26	5.02	111	8.55
Unknown/missing	33	6.37	52	4.00
Gender
Female	244	47.10	645	49.65
Male	225	43.44	642	49.42
Unknown/missing	75	14.48	125	9.62
State of birth
Live birth	427	82.43	1200	92.38
Stillbirth	44	8.49	112	8.62
Unknown/missing	73	14.09	100	7.70