Characteristic | Mean (range)or n (%)† |
Maternal age (years) | 28.1 (15.0–41.0) |
Maternal race/ethnicity | |
White non-Hispanic | 33 (33) |
Hispanic | 54 (54) |
African American | 8 (8) |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 5 (5) |
Other | 1 (1) |
Parity: primiparous | 42 (42) |
Delivery type | |
Vaginal | 74 (73) |
Normal | 64 (63) |
Forceps-assisted | 10 (10) |
Caesarean section | 26 (26) |
Elective | 15 (15) |
Failure to progress | 8 (8) |
Emergency | 3 (3) |
Minutes pushing 2nd stage labour‡ | |
0–5 | 22 (26) |
6–30 | 22 (26) |
31–60 | 17 (20) |
61–270 | 24 (28) |
Baby active | 99 (98) |
Baby “stuck” 3rd trimester | 36 (36) |
Number of weeks baby stuck | |
0 | 69 (68) |
1–6 | 9 (9) |
7–12 | 19 (19) |
>12 | 4 (4) |
Birth trauma | 10 (10) |
Lie | |
Vertex | 92 (91) |
Breech | 3 (3) |
Transverse | 1 (1) |
Other | 4 (4) |
Gestational age at delivery (weeks) | 39.6 (36.4–42.1) |
*Includes one twin gestation counted as one pregnancy.
†Missing value for one subject each for delivery type and lie; all percentages calculated using total size of 101 as denominator.
‡Excluding elective caesarean section and one missing value for length of 2nd stage labour.