Table 2. Description of indicators related to continuity of care in women who were users of the Unified Health System. Brazil, 2011–2012.

Indicators of continuity of care	n	%	95%CI
Initiation of prenatal care up to the 16th gestational week.	11,987	74.8	73.3–76.3
Adequate number of appointments for GA	11,790	75.2	73.5–76.7
Guidance on which hospital, maternity or birthing center to look for	9,231	57.0	54.3–59.5
Guidance to attend the health service to carry out the childbirth revision appointment	10,732	66.5	64.0–68.8
Postpartum appointment in the first 15 days after delivery	10,827	32.2	30.1–34.3
Newborn vaccinated with BCG	16,023	99.1	98.9–99.3
Heel prick test in the first week of life	9,761	60.2	57.4–62.9
Newborn vaccinated against hepatitis B	15,541	96.1	94.9–97.0
First routine appointment of the newborn in the first week of life.	2,953	18.2	16.7–19.9
Obtaining of the heel prick test results in the first month of life.	3,789	23.4	21.1–25.8
Total	16,220	100.0	100.0–100.0

GA: gestational age; NB: newborn; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.