Obstetric details and outcomes among pregnant women who called ‘108’
| Use of ambulance | Andhra Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | |||
| Transported using ambulance, n=582, % | Ambulance assigned but not used, n=215, % | Ambulance not assigned, n=74, % | Transported using ambulance, n=615, % | Ambulance not assigned, n=111, % | |
| High risk in current pregnancy | 22.2 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 27.0 | 18.9 |
| Early complication in current pregnancy | 16.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| Obstetric emergency at time of call to ‘108’ | 7.4 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 5.4 |
| Any high risk/complication/emergency | 36.4 | 30.2 | 24.3 | 41.0 | 35.1 |
| Not transported to any hospital (delivered at home or stabilised) | 0.0 | 43.7 | 12.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Type of hospital pregnant woman was taken to (% of transported) | |||||
| Government primary health centre | 26.5 | 29.8 | 24.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 |
| Government community health centre | 15.8 | 10.7 | 20.0 | 10.7 | 3.6 |
| Government subdistrict/district hospital | 45.5 | 28.1 | 40.0 | 85.2 | 92.7 |
| Private clinic/hospital | 12.2 | 31.4 | 15.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| Mode of delivery | |||||
| Did not deliver within the period of follow-up | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Abortion | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Delivered | 92.3 | 93.9 | 97.3 | 88.3 | 90.1 |
| Lost to follow-up | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Caesarean rate (% of all delivered) | 23.1 | 13.8 | 19.4 | 13.3 | 14.0 |
| Death of the pregnant women during transfer or within 28 days of transfer | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Intrauterine death/child born dead (% of all delivered) | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| Death of the newborn within 28 days (% of all live births) | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 5.1 |