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OTHER IMMEDI ATE COMPL.ICATIONS OF LABOUR : Genital tract injury
occurred in 12 . 7% (60) o f the women . one subject had a
cervical tear, another ha d a vu lva haerna t oma , a nd the remain­
i ng 58 ha d perine a l tears. Of those s ub j ects with t e ars , t he
majority, 47 , h ad a first de gree tear, 10 women ha d a second
de gree t e ar, a nd o ne subject ha d a thi r d d egree tear. Other
i mmediate comp l ications of labour a r e l i s t e d i n TABLE 1.6
above.
I NFANT OUTCOMES : 485 babies were born to the 472 mothers.
Th e r e were 1 3 pairs of twins, givi ng a tw i n p regnancy rate of
2 . a% . Seve nteen infants (3 .5%) were stillbirths, t wo of whom
were born macerated. Data were missing o n the life status of
thr e e infa nts.
The va le to female ratio was 1.08 . Birth weights fo r
sing l eton i nfants r an ge d from 0 . 99 t o 4 .82 kg . (kilograms) with
a mea n o f 2.98 kg ± 0 .51. Fourt e e n percent o f single t on bir th
were l ow- birt h- we i ght i n f a nt s we ighing l e s s t h a n 2 .5 kilograms
()e.g). Whe n we co nsider all infa nts, i nc luding twins, the
pe rcenta ge of l ow- b i rth- we ight infants was 16 . 9%.