Table 3.
Distribution of the pregnant women population according to iron supplementation
Iron supplements(60-80 mg ferrous iron/day) | Overall | First trimester | Second trimester | Third trimester | ||||
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n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | |
Non-iron supplements | 3279 | 86.1 | 1486 | 93.8 | 1110 | 85.5 | 683 | 73.7 |
Iron supplements | 530 | 13.9 | 98 | 6.2 | 188 | 14.5 | 244 | 26.3 |
Overall | 3809 | 100 | 1584 | 100 | 1298 | 100 | 927 | 100 |