Abstract
Data of 20,291 deliveries are presented; 6.85% (1389) of the patients were 19 years old or under and 6.24% (1276) were 35 or over; 7352 women had one child (primipara) and 1475 had five or more. Cephalic presentation constituted 94.2% of deliveries. The total induction rate was 9%. The incidence of prematurity and post-term gestation was 13 and 7.2%, respectively. Prolonged labor was encountered in 4% of the patients. Anesthesia was employed in 65.8% of all deliveries. Total and primary cesarean section rates were 9.77 and 7%, respectively. The incidence of fetal mortality was 2.55% and congenital anomalies were seen in 1.53% of the infants. The birth weight was under 2499 g in 9.5% of the newborns. Pregnancy complications of different magnitude were encountered in 23.7% of the cases. Uterine rupture and inversion rates were 0.12% and 0.005% respectively. The maternal mortality rate was found to be 64.06 per 100,000 deliveries.
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