Incidence of Obstetric and Foetal Complications during Labor and Delivery at a Community Health Centre, Midwives Obstetric Unit of Durban, South Africa

Table 2

Obstetric complication rates of 2708 pregnant women during labor, delivery, and 6 hours after delivery during January to December 2007.

Obstetric and delivery complications	Numbers in each category of complication	Proportion of all complications in percentage (𝑛=443)	Incidence (per 1000 pregnant women) of complications (𝑛=2706)
Maternal complications
Poor progress (poor progress, prolonged latent phase)	79	17.83	29.1
Pre-term labor	68	15.35	25.1
Hypertensive disorder (eclampsia, PET, PIH)	58	13.09	21.4
CPD (CPD, labor obstruction, obstructed labor)	48	10.83	17.2
APH	17	3.83	6.4
Retained products	10	2.25	3.7
Third degree perineal tear	3	0.67	1.0
Cord prolapse	3	0.67	1.0
Other conditions	31	7.0	12.1
Foetal complications
Foetal distress	99	22.34	36.5
Breech presentation	12	2.70	4.4
Postdelivery conditions (PPH)	13	2.89	4.8