Table 2.
Sociodemographic and uterine evacuation procedure characteristics of 7,007 CAC patients, Nepal 2008
| Overall (n=7,007) | Government (n=894) | NGO (n=5,849) | Private (n=264) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Married | 6728 | (96.0) | 863 | (96.5) | 5655 | (96.7) | 210 | (79.6) |
| Rural residence | 3997 | (57.0) | 325 | (36.4) | 3592 | (61.4) | 80 | (30.3) |
| Literate | 5215 | (74.4) | 615 | (68.8) | 4364 | (74.6) | 236 | (89.4) |
| Education | ||||||||
| None | 1792 | (25.6) | 279 | (31.2) | 1485 | (25.4) | 28 | (10.6) |
| Primary or some secondary | 3010 | (43.0) | 244 | (27.3) | 2657 | (45.4) | 109 | (41.3) |
| School Leaving Certificate or higher | 2205 | (31.5) | 371 | (41.5) | 1707 | (29.2) | 127 | (48.1) |
| Mean | (sd) | Mean | (sd) | Mean | (sd) | Mean | (sd) | |
| Age, years | 26.9 | (5.80) | 27.2 | (5.68) | 26.9 | (5.79) | 26.0 | (6.28) |
| Gravidity | 3.2 | (1.63) | 3.1 | (1.40) | 3.3 | (1.66) | 2.5 | (1.50) |
| Parity | 1.8 | (1.36) | 1.9 | (1.28) | 1.9 | (1.37) | 1.2 | (1.27) |
| Pregnancy duration, weeks | ||||||||
| Last menstrual period (n=6539) | 7.1 | (1.64) | 7.3 | (1.46) | 7.0 | (1.66) | 7.3 | (1.68) |
| Clinical exam (n = 6307) | 7.4 | (1.75) | 7.6 | (1.54) | 7.4 | (1.78) | 7.3 | (1.58) |
| Ultrasound (n = 25) | 7.9 | (1.96) | 7.7 | (1.89) | 8.7 | (2.52) | 8.5 | (3.53) |
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Prophylactic administration of antibiotics | 5277 | (75.3) | 809 | (90.5) | 4217 | (72.1) | 251 | (95.1) |
| Post-abortion contraceptive method | ||||||||
| No method accepted | 1328 | (19.0) | 134 | (15.0) | 1180 | (20.2) | 14 | (5.3) |
| Condom | 2715 | (38.8) | 103 | (11.5) | 2555 | (43.7) | 57 | (21.6) |
| Depo Provera | 1461 | (20.9) | 343 | (38.4) | 1022 | (17.5) | 96 | (36.4) |
| Pills | 1035 | (14.8) | 175 | (19.6) | 790 | (13.5) | 70 | (26.5) |
| Norplant | 136 | (1.9) | 11 | (1.2) | 124 | (2.1) | 1 | (0.4) |
| IUD/IUCD | 237 | (3.4) | 76 | (8.5) | 140 | (2.4) | 21 | (8.0) |
| Sterilization | 95 | (1.4) | 52 | (5.8) | 38 | (0.7) | 5 | (1.9) |