Delivery Unit
During February-March 2020, 1,666 women delivered, compared to 1,654
during February-March 2019 (Table 1). The proportions of spontaneous
onset of labor, trials of labor, preterm delivery, post full-term
deliveries, operative vaginal delivery and cesarean deliveries did not
differ between the periods. The duration of the second stage of labor
did not differ either. A trend was observed toward a lower rate of
composite adverse neonatal outcomes in 2020 compared to 2019 (5.8% vs.
7.1%, p=0.08). In the per-week comparison, the number of deliveries did
not differ between the periods (mean 208 vs. 206, p=0.88) (Table 2).