Table 9 |
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Factors associated with fatality amongst AFE cases (risk ratio (RR) unless indicated) |
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Condition or procedure |
Australia (NSW) |
Canada |
UK |
US |
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Age ≥ 35 years |
1.1 (0.5-2.4) |
* |
aOR≠ 2.8 (0.5-14.2) |
* |
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Multipara |
1.1 (0.7-1.7) |
* |
aOR≠ 0.9 (0.2-4.2) |
* |
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Smoked during pregnancy |
1.4 (0.3-6.5) |
* |
* |
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Socioeconomic status |
Disadvantaged (lowest quartile) 1.4 (0.4-4.5) |
* |
Routine, manual occupation or unemployed aOR≠ 1.2 (0.3-5.6) |
Income $35,000+ aOR 0.3 (0.1-1.0) |
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Race/ethnicity |
Black or other ethnic minority group vs white aOR≠ 6.3 (1.1-34.9) |
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Previous caesarean |
1.1 (0.1-9.7) |
* |
* |
aOR 1.1 (0.3-3.9) |
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Induction |
OR 3.5 (1.5-8.4) |
aOR≠ 1.9 (0.4-9.2) |
aOR 0.7 (0.1-3.3) |
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Medical induction of labour |
1.6 (0.5-5.1) |
* |
* |
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PG+Oxytocin |
2.2 (0.2-29) |
* |
* |
* |
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General anaesthesia |
1.6 (0.8-2.9) |
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Epidural anaesthesia |
2.2 (0.2-29) |
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Mode of delivery |
Forceps/vacuum 0.4 (0.1-2.9) CS 1.8 (0.9-3.6) |
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Forceps aOR 1.7 (0.2-14.7) Vacuum aOR 0.7 (0.1-5.0) CS aOR 0.8 (0.2-2.8) |
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* No data or no accurate or limited data ≠ Adjusted for age, parity, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and labour induction |
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Knight et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012 12:7 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-7 |
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