Delay No. women Length of ICU stay>48 hrs. Length of ICU stay>48 hrs. Maternal mortality Maternal mortality Perinatal morbidity Perinatal morbidity Perinatal mortality Perinatal mortality Hospital stay >7 days Hospital stay >7 days
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1st level
No delay 43 14 32.6 6 14.0 12 27.9 6 14.0 18 41.9
<24 hrs. delay 39 20 51.3 10 25.6 7 17.9 7 17.9 14 35.9
≥24 hrs. delay 42 30 71.4 22 52.4 11 26.2 19 45.2 19 45.2
p-value1 0.002* 0.002* 0.001* 0.001* 0.53 0.53 0.002* 0.002* 0.69 0.69
2nd level
No delay 62 24 38.7 11 17.7 16 25.8 8 12.9 21 33.9
≤4 hrs. delay 41 25 61.0 16 39.0 10 24.4 16 39.0 19 46.3
>4 hrs. delay 21 15 71.4 11 52.4 4 19.0 8 38.1 11 52.4
p-value1 0.01* 0.01* 0.004* 0.004* 0.82 0.82 0.005* 0.005* 0.23 0.23
3rd level delay
No delay 112 59 52.7 36 32.1 28 25.0 28 25.0 45 40.2
<6hrs delay 12 5 41.7 2 16.7 2 16.7 4 33.3 6 50.0
>6hrs delay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
p-value1 0.46 0.46 0.26 0.26 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.51 0.51