Table 1: Distribution of maternal characteristics of notified cases of CS and GS in a municipality of the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Variables pregnant SC SG
Variables Age N % N %
< 15 0 0 1 0.8
15-20 8 10.8 16 12.5
20-30 40 54.0 77 60.1
30 e + 26 35.2 34 26.6
Ethnic group
White 59 79.7 90 70.3
Black 4 5.4 14 10.9
Brown 9 12.2 21 16.4
Indigenous
Asian 1 0.8
Ignored 2 2.7 2 1.6
Education
None 1 1.3 2 1.6
Até 7 35 47.3 46 36
8 e + 16 21.7 35 27.3
Ignored 22 29.7 45 35.1
Occupation
House wife 48 64.9 83 64.8
House keeper 7 9.4 6 4.7
Not answered 10 13.5 28 21.9
Others 9 12.2 11 8.6
Total 73 100 128 100