Table 3.

Weighted PAC caseloads overall and by zone, Ghana Health Facilities Survey, 2017

	National		Northern zone		Middle zone		Coastal zone
	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI
(A) Estimated annual total PAC caseload*, 95% CI	69 846	54 120 to 85 572	7261	5562 to 8960	39 646	25 118 to 54 173	22 939	17 157 to 28 722
(B) Estimated # late miscarriages treated for PAC, 95% CI	26 687	21 388 to 31 986	4193	3212 to 5175	12 405	7860 to 16 951	10 089	7546 to 12 632
(C) Estimated # PAC cases stemming from legal induced abortions, 95% CI	3753	2908 to 4599	390	299 to 482	2131	1350 to 2911	1233	922 to 1543
(D) Estimated # of double-counted referrals from illegal induced abortions, 95% CI	1031	614 to 1449	228	138 to 318	440	206 to 675	363	30 to 697
(A)-(B+C+D) Estimated # of unique PAC cases stemming from illegal induced abortions, 95%CI	38 374	28 581 to 48 168	2450	1844 to 3056	24 670	15 344 to 33 996	11 254	8329 to 14 180

Northern Zone includes Upper West, Upper East and Northern regions; Middle Zone includes Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti, Eastern and Volta regions; Coastal Zone includes Western, Central and Greater Accra regions.

*Includes PAC cases stemming from spontaneous or induced (legal or illegal) abortion.

PAC, postabortion care.