Table 2.

Distribution of the number of antenatal care contacts during the pregnancy of their most recent birth by states in Nigeria

State*	n	No contact	1–3 contacts	4–7 contacts	8 + contacts
Osun	407	1.2	3.2	15.3	80.2
Lagos	1,129	4.6	2.0	16.5	76.8
Imo	403	2.5	10.9	14.7	72.0
Ondo	310	4.6	6.7	23.2	65.5
Edo	269	10.0	5.0	20.4	64.5
Ekiti	225	6.9	6.5	25.9	60.7
Rivers	603	12.4	5.8	26.3	55.4
Oyo	702	12.1	5.5	34.1	48.2
Enugu	315	3.8	8.0	45.1	43.2
Kwara	358	25.4	8.6	24.4	41.7
Abia	257	3.8	5.7	48.8	41.7
Delta	405	23.3	3.6	33.3	39.9
Ogun	421	3.8	5.0	52.5	38.7
Anambra	661	3.4	10.9	59.2	26.5
Kogi	297	17.8	9.5	47.5	25.3
Akwa Ibom	358	19.3	14.4	44.0	22.3
Ebonyi	490	5.6	19.8	52.6	22.0
FCT, Abuja	147	12.3	13.4	58.2	16.1
Adamawa	515	15.5	17.7	52.1	14.7
Cross River	229	16.0	18.0	51.6	14.3
Benue	633	25.4	18.3	42.1	14.1
Nasarawa	327	22.4	10.4	54.1	13.1
Plateau	413	24.1	20.1	47.2	8.6
Kaduna	1445	30.0	15.9	46.1	8.0
Kano	1672	16.4	32.5	44.2	6.9
Bayelsa	143	57.7	10.7	25.4	6.2
Sokoto	605	53.1	16.2	27.0	3.7
Taraba	492	20.4	29.8	46.5	3.4
Jigawa	893	20.5	31.6	45.0	2.9
Bauchi	914	33.1	24.6	39.9	2.4
Katsina	1432	47.0	14.4	36.6	2.0
Niger	839	40.8	26.1	31.5	1.7
Gombe	442	25.5	30.0	42.9	1.6
Borno	728	37.6	28.0	33.0	1.4
Yobe	751	30.2	34.0	34.4	1.3
Zamfara	843	63.7	10.3	24.9	1.1
Kebbi	712	47.9	24.7	27.2	0.2
Total	21,785	24.8	17.4	37.5	20.3

*ordered by 8 + contacts