Table 3.
Incidence of pregnancy outcome by fuel type.
| Pregnancy Outcomes n = 1323 | LPG/Electricity |
Charcoal |
Firewood |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | |
|
Gestational weeks at birth | |||
| Term (839) | 73 (73.0) | 450 (59.4) | 316 (68.3) |
| Preterm (482) |
27 (27.0) |
308 (40.6) |
147 (31.8) |
|
Birth weight | |||
| Normal birth weight (1247) | 96 (96.0) | 726 (96.8) | 425 (91.8) |
| Low birth weight (74) |
4 (4.0) |
32 (4.2) |
38 (8.2) |
|
Baby size | |||
| Appropriate for gestational age (1268) | 97 (97.0) | 730 (96.6) | 439 (94.8) |
| Small for gestational age (53) |
3 (3.0) |
26 (3.4) |
24 (5.18) |
|
Birth outcome | |||
| Live (1297) | 99 (99.0) | 743 (98.4) | 455 (98.3) |
| Perinatal mortality (21) | 1 (1.0) | 12 (1.6) | 8 (1.7) |