Table 3. Frequency and percentage distribution of self- reported complication encountered by women in their last birth within one year preceding the survey, North Gondar, 2012.
| Type of self reported complications | Frequency and percentage by different time periods - n (%) | |||
| During pregnancy | During Intra-partum period | During Postpartum period | At least one complication throughout the periods | |
| Excessive bleeding | 72(80.0) | 85(37.9) | 221(80.7) | 278(58.4) |
| Prolonged labor | 113(50.4) | 113(23.7) | ||
| Convulsion | 6(6.7) | 18(8.0) | 10(3.6) | 34(7.1) |
| High Fever/sepsis | 5(5.6) | 21(7.7) | 21(4.4) | |
| Body swelling | 6(6.7) | 6(2.7) | 15(5.5) | 20(4.2) |
| **Others | 1 (1.1) | 2(0.9) | 7(2.6) | 10 (2.1) |
| Total | 90(100) | 224(100) | 274(100) | *476(100) |
*
Some complications can be persisted or repeated at different periods (pregnancy to postpartum) and the total values can be different from the summations.
**
Stillbirth, fistula and severe anemia.