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Table 1: Background characteristics. Comparison of al
included women for the in-depth analyses from the high- and low-volume
months (250 vaginal births from each month and all caesarean sections).
When comparing background characteristics between women with vaginal
births and caesarean sections in each of the study months, no
significant differences were found, and they are here presented
together.