Research Article

Prevalence and Outcome of Operative Vaginal Delivery among Mothers Who Gave Birth at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Distribution of neonatal outcome among different maternal sociodemographic characteristic categories who gave birth by OVD in JUMC December 1, 2016–May 30, 2017.

VariableVariable categoryNeonatal outcomeTotal
Favorable outcome N ()Unfavorable outcome N ()

Age15-1924(88.9)3(11.1)27(100.0)
20-2481(88.0)11(12.0)92(100.0)
25-2971(89.9)8(10.1)79(100.0)
30-3425(80.6)6(19.4)31(100.0)
35-399(69.2)4(30.8)13(100.0)

Place of the residencyJimma Town90(91.8)8(8.2)98(100.0)
Outside Jimma town120(83.3)24(16.7)144(100.0)

OccupationHousewife95(94.1)6(5.9)101(100.0)
civil servant33(84.6)6(15.4)39(100.0)
Farmer64(78.0)18(22.0)82(100.0)
Merchant9(81.8)2(18.2)11(100.0)
Other9(100.0)0(0.0)9(100.0)

Educational statusIlliterate61(79.2)16(20.8)77(100.0)
read and write only4(100.0)0(0.0)4(100.0)
grade 1-875(92.6)6(7.4)81(100.0)
grade 9-1021(84.0)4(16.0)25(100.0)
grade11-1227(87.1)4(12.9)31(100.0)
>1222(91.7)2(8.3)24(100.0)

Income of the family per month500 ETB and below9(90.0)1(10.0)10(100.0)
501-1742 ETB103(80.5)25(19.5)128(100.0)
above 1742ETB98(94.2)6(5.8)104(100.0)

Marital statusMarried205(86.5)32(13.5)237(100.0)
Others5(100.0)0(0.0)5(100.0)