Table 1.
Characteristics of MomConnect registrations in the Western Cape Province 2014–2017
| Total | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Total registrations | 98 734 | 2639 | 28 344 | 45 951 | 21 800 |
| Excluded* registrations | 991 (1.0%) | 106 (4.0%) | 509 (1.8%) | 332 (0.7%) | 44 (0.2%) |
| SA ID | |||||
| Valid SA ID | 68 704 (69.6%) | 2130 (80.7%) | 21 118 (74.5%) | 31 605 (68.8%) | 13 851 (63.5%) |
| No valid SA ID provided | 30 030 (30.4%) | 509 (19.3%) | 7226 (25.5%) | 14 346 (31.2%) | 7949 (26.5%) |
| Facility type | |||||
| National central hospital | 1057 (1.1%) | – | 322 (1.1%) | 617 (1.3%) | 118 (0.5%) |
| Regional hospital | 480 (0.5%) | 2 (0.1%) | 321 (1.1%) | 114 (0.3%) | 43 (0.2%) |
| District hospital | 2249 (2.3%) | 51 (1.9%) | 798 (2.8%) | 897 (2.0%) | 503 (2.3%) |
| Clinic | 91 880 (93.1%) | 2350 (89.1%) | 25 739 (90.8%) | 43 122 (93.8%) | 20 669 (94.8%) |
| Satellite clinic | 1488 (1.5%) | 54 (2.1%) | 491 (1.7%) | 639 (1.4%) | 304 (1.4%) |
| Mobile service | 589 (0.6%) | 76 (2.9%) | 164 (0.6%) | 230 (0.5%) | 119 (0.5%) |
| Facility authority | |||||
| Provincial government | 89 291 (90.4%) | 2479 (93.9%) | 26 568 (93.7%) | 41 295 (89.9%) | 18 949 (86.9%) |
| City of cape town | 8452 (8.6%) | 54 (2.1%) | 1 267 (4.5%) | 4324 (9.4%) | 2807 (12.9%) |
| PMI site† | |||||
| PMI site | 94 027 (95.2%) | 2380 (90.2%) | 26 780 (94.5%) | 44 288 (96.4%) | 20 579 (94.4%) |
| Non-PMI site | 3716 (3.8%) | 153 (5.8%) | 1 055 (3.7%) | 1331 (2.9%) | 1177 (5.4%) |
| Metro/outside metro | |||||
| Metro | 56 656 (57.4%) | 1066 (40.39%) | 16 675 (58.8%) | 27 012 (58.8%) | 11 903 (54.6%) |
| Outside of the metro | 42 078 (42.6%) | 1573 (59.61%) | 11 669 (41.2%) | 18 939 (41.2%) | 9897 (45.4%) |
| Age category at registration (years) | |||||
| Median (IQR) age | 26.4 (22.3–31.3) | ||||
| <20 | 11 545 (11.7%) | 199 (7.5%) | 3354 (11.8%) | 5396 (11.7%) | 2596 (11.9%) |
| 20–24 | 28 426 (28.8%) | 698 (26.5%) | 8388 (29.6%) | 12 929 (28.1%) | 6411 (29.4%) |
| 25–29 | 26 574 (26.9%) | 658 (24.9%) | 7737 (27.3%) | 12 197 (26.5%) | 5982 (27.4%) |
| 30–34 | 18 026 (18.3%) | 393 (14.9%) | 4987 (17.6%) | 8458 (18.4%) | 4188 (19.2%) |
| 35–39 | 8160 (8.3%) | 148 (5.6%) | 2108 (7.4%) | 3840 (8.4%) | 2064 (9.5%) |
| 40–44 | 1851 (1.9%) | 33 (1.3%) | 503 (1.8%) | 903 (2.0%) | 412 (1.9%) |
| >44 | 140 (0.1%) | – | 46 (0.2%) | 68 (0.1%) | 26 (0.1%) |
| Data not available | 3021 (3.1%) | 404 (15.3%) | 712 (2.5%) | 1828 (4.0%) | 77 (0.4%) |
| Gestational age at registration (weeks) | |||||
| Median (IQR) | 20 (12.9–28.3) | ||||
| 0–13 | 27 580 (27.9%) | 280 (10.6%) | 6240 (22.0%) | 13 757 (29.9%) | 7303 (33.5%) |
| 14–19 | 19 776 (20.0%) | 250 (9.5%) | 4895 (17.3%) | 9836 (21.4%) | 4795 (22.0%) |
| 20–31 | 32 014 (32.4%) | 822 (31.2%) | 9864 (34.8%) | 14 538 (31.6%) | 6790 (31.2%) |
| ≥32 | 16 410 (16.6%) | 733 (27.8%) | 6349 (22.4%) | 6725 (14.6%) | 2603 (11.9%) |
| Registered after EDD | 1319 (1.3%) | 34 (1.3%) | 419 (1.5%) | 656 (1.4%) | 210 (1.0%) |
| >40 before EDD | 232 (0.2%) | 3 (0.1%) | 67 (0.2%) | 107 (0.2%) | 55 (0.3%) |
| Invalid EDD | 412 (0.4%) | 411 (15.6%) | 1 (0%) | – | – |
*Registrations from non-public sector health facilities were excluded.
†PMI site: site assigning and using Clinicom folder numbers.
EDD, estimated delivery date; PMI, Patient Master Index; SA ID, South African national identification number.