Clinical Study

Perinatal Outcome in Unbooked Teenage Pregnancies in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

Table 2

Mode of delivery of teenage mother.

ModeBookedUnbooked 𝜒 2
No. (%)No. %

Spontaneous vaginal delivery 160 (65.4) 177 (44.6) 12.722*
Vacuum extraction28 (11.5)22 (5.4) 6.843*
Forceps delivery9 (3.6)0 (0) 14.680*
Caesarean section 48 (19.4)200 (50.0) 36.750*

Total245 (100)399 (100)

*Significant.