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 |