TABLE 2.

Risk of miscarriages, still births and fetal deaths among nulliparous pregnant women in rural Nepal by maternal age and other characteristics

	Pregs	Miscarriage					Stillbirth					Fetal Death
	N	n	%				n	%				n	%
Total	5771	328	5.7	Crude Adjusted*			265	4.6	Crude Adjusted*			593	10.3	Crude Adjusted*
				RR	RR	95% CI			RR	RR	95% CI			RR	RR	95% CI
Maternal Age (yrs)
< 15	72	12	16.7	4.00	2.07	1.34, 3.66	2	2.8	0.63	0.72	0.18, 2.94	14	19.4	2.27	1.58	0.96, 2.60
15-17	1669	126	7.6	1.81	1.40	1.06, 1.84	68	4.1	0.93	0.94	0.68, 1.31	194	11.6	1.36	1.18	0.97, 1.45
18-19	2234	93	4.2	1.00	1.00		98	4.4	1.00	1.00		191	8.6	1.00	1.00
20-25	1796	97	5.4	1.30	1.25	0.93, 1.68	97	5.4	1.23	1.15	0.85, 2.94	194	10.8	1.26	1.20	0.98, 1.47
Literacy**
No	3706	232	6.3		1.00		184	5.0		1.00		416	11.2		1.00
Yes	1466	63	4.3		0.73	0.53, 0.99	47	3.2		0.75	0.51, 1.08	110	7.5		0.73	0.58, 0.93
Caste**
High	993	39	3.9		1.00		35	3.5		1.00		74	7.5		1.00
Middle	3254	191	5.9		1.25	0.86, 1.82	137	4.2		0.99	0.65, 1.51	328	10.1		1.13	0.86, 3.52
Low	626	48	7.7		1.56	0.99, 2.46	45	7.2		1.64	1.01, 2.68	93	14.9		1.59	1.15, 2.20
Other	301	17	5.7		1.21	0.67, 2.16	16	5.3		1.16	0.62, 2.15	33	11.0		1.19	0.79, 1.81
Gravidity
1	5281	286	5.4		1.00		226	4.3		1.00		512	9.7		1.00
2 or more	490	42	8.6		1.41	0.97, 2.04	39	8.0		1.97	1.35, 3.00	81	16.5		1.62	1.27, 2.10
Study
NNIPS-2	4525	193	4.3		1.00		219	4.8		1.00		412	9.1		1.00
NNIPS-3	1246	135	10.8		2.51	1.99, 3.17	46	3.7		0.83	0.60, 1.15	181	14.5		1.61	1.35, 1.93

^*Adjusted for literacy, caste, gravidity and study

^**599 missing literacy, 597 missing caste (high=Brahmin or Chhetri, middle= Vaiysha, low=Sudhra, other=Muslim, Buddhist, Christian or other religions). Relative risks in bold are statistically significantly different from 1.