Table 5. Most Common Reasons for Pregnancy-Related Hospital Stays During Which a Baby is Delivered

Most Common Principal Diagnoses 13-17 Years 18-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years
  Percent of Hospital Stays for Deliveries
Trauma to perineum and vulva 20.5 19.7 20.8 18.6
Normal delivery without complications 13.3 15.0 11.7 6.6
Hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium 6.2 4.6 4.0 4.4
Umbilical cord complication 6.0 7.0 6.9 5.5
Abnormal fetal heart rate 5.8 5.1 4.9 5.1
Fetal distress and abnormal forces of labor 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.6
Early or threatened labor 5.6 3.9    
Excess amniotic fluid and other problems of amniotic cavity 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.3
Malposition, malpresentation 3.1 3.5 4.7 5.5
Fetopelvic disproportion, obstruction 2.9   3.3 3.0
Previous Cesarean section (C-section)   5.0 9.1 12.6

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