TABLE.
Characteristics and prevalence of anaemia, hepatitis B and syphilis among pregnant women attending their first antenatal clinic booking at Nausori Maternity Unit, Fiji, 2011
| Variable | n (%)* | Anaemia n (%)† | Hepatitis B n (%)† | Syphilis n (%)† |
| Total | 2168 | 451 | 47 | 98 |
| Age, years | ||||
| <20 | 191 (9) | 48 (27) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1) |
| 20–29 | 1341 (62) | 289 (23) | 32 (3) | 70 (6) |
| 30–39 | 579 (27) | 106 (20) | 14 (3) | 25 (5) |
| ≥40 | 46 (2) | 6 (14) | 0 | 1 (2) |
| Unknown | 11 (0.5) | 2 (22) | 0 | 0 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Fijian | 1662 (77) | 318 (20) | 44 (3) | 92 (6) |
| Indo-Fijian | 463 (21) | 123 (28) | 0 | 5 (1) |
| Other | 41 (2) | 10 (26) | 3 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Unknown | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gestational age | ||||
| First trimester | 161 (7) | 16 (11) | 4 (3) | 6 (4) |
| Second trimester | 709 (33) | 152 (22) | 24 (4) | 31 (5) |
| Third trimester | 157 (7) | 51 (34) | 1 (1) | 11 (8) |
| Unknown | 1141 (53) | 232 (22) | 18 (2) | 50 (5) |
| Parity | ||||
| No previous births | 761 (35) | 179 (25) | 7 (1) | 21 (3) |
| 1 birth | 525 (24) | 91 (18) | 12 (2) | 28 (6) |
| 2 births | 372 (17) | 77 (22) | 12 (3) | 29 (8) |
| 3 births | 230 (11) | 58 (27) | 6 (3) | 8 (4) |
| ≥4 births | 280 (13) | 46 (17) | 10 (4) | 12 (5)w |
*Percentage of pregnant women with this characteristic.
†Percentage of women with this characteristic who had anaemia, hepatitis B or syphilis, respectively. Excludes 115 women in whom Hb was not recorded, 166 in whom HbsAg was not recorded and 123 in whom TPHA was not recorded.
Hb = haemoglobin; HbsAg = hepatitis B surface antigen; TPHA = Treponema pallidum haemagglutination test status.