Table 3.

Frequency of visits to the maternity clinic and malaria episodes per woman

N = 2330*
		n	%
Visits per woman	1 visit	1776	76.2
	2 visits	395	17.0
	≥ 3 visits	159	6.8
Malaria episodes per woman†	None	1565	67.2
	1 episode	694	29.8
	2 episodes	65	2.8
	3 episodes	6	0.3
Visits per malaria episode‡	1 visit	767	91.1
	2 visits	72	8.6
	3 visits	3	0.4

*Number of pregnant women with criteria for blood collection and complete laboratory results

† Defined as P falciparum parasitaemia plus criteria for blood collection. Total of 842 malaria episodes