Table 1.
Sociodemographic, obstetric and travel-related characteristics of women with gestational age >28 weeks who gave birth in 1 of the 24 public hospitals in Lagos state (N=3278)
| Characteristics | No of pregnant women ((%) N=3278) | No of stillbirths ((%) n=408) | No of live births ((%) n=2870) |
| Age | |||
| 12–19 | 81 (2.5) | 9 (2.2) | 72 (2.5) |
| 20–34 | 2430 (74.1) | 275 (67.4) | 2155 (75.1) |
| 35–50 | 767 (23.4) | 124 (30.4) | 643 (22.4) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 139 (4.2) | 17 (4.2) | 122 (4.3) |
| Married | 3139 (95.8) | 391 (95.8) | 2748 (95.7) |
| Employment status | |||
| Unemployed/housewife | 563 (17.2) | 86 (21.1) | 477 (16.6) |
| Student | 166 (5.1) | 17 (4.2) | 149 (5.2) |
| Self-employed (petty-trader) | 1493 (45.6) | 174 (42.7) | 1319 (46.0) |
| Self-employed (mid-high business) | 357 (10.9) | 63 (15.4) | 294 (10.2) |
| Employed | 699 (21.3) | 68 (16.7) | 631 (22.0) |
| Parity | |||
| Nulliparous (0) | 1127 (34.4) | 109 (26.7) | 1018 (35.5) |
| Multiparous (1–4) | 2071 (63.2) | 284 (69.6) | 1787 (62.3) |
| Grand-multiparous (5 or more) | 80 (2.4) | 15 (3.7) | 65 (2.3) |
| No of gestations | |||
| Singleton | 3112 (94.9) | 373 (91.4) | 2739 (95.4) |
| Multiple | 166 (5.1) | 35 (8.6) | 131 (4.6) |
| Booking status | |||
| Booked | 1380 (42.1) | 81 (19.9) | 1299 (45.3) |
| Unbooked | 1898 (57.9) | 327 (80.1) | 1571 (54.7) |
| Fetal complications | |||
| No fetal complication | 2748 (83.8) | 13 (3.2) | 2735 (95.3) |
| Reduced/absent fetal movement | 371 (11.3) | 236 (57.8) | 135 (4.7) |
| Intrauterine fetal death | 159 (4.8) | 159 (39.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Obstetric complications | |||
| No maternal complication | 139 (4.2) | 53 (13.0) | 86 (3.0) |
| Obstructed labour | 990 (30.2) | 51 (12.5) | 939 (32.7) |
| Haemorrhage | 727 (22.2) | 144 (35.3) | 583 (20.3) |
| Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia | 923 (28.2) | 96 (23.5) | 827 (28.8) |
| Sepsis | 169 (5.2) | 29 (7.1) | 140 (4.9) |
| Others | 330 (10.1) | 35 (8.6) | 295 (10.3) |
| Weekend travel to facility | |||
| Yes | 751 (22.9) | 92 (22.6) | 659 (23.0) |
| No | 2527 (77.1) | 316 (77.4) | 2211 (77.0) |
| Period of day of travel to the facility (n=2187) | |||
| Morning | 801 (36.6) | 90 (34.4) | 711 (36.9) |
| Afternoon | 582 (26.6) | 67 (25.6) | 515 (26.8) |
| Evening | 501 (22.9) | 56 (21.4) | 445 (23.1) |
| Night | 303 (13.9) | 49 (18.7) | 254 (13.2) |
| Referral | |||
| Not referred | 2384 (72.7) | 242 (59.3) | 2142 (74.6) |
| Referred | 894 (27.3) | 166 (40.7) | 728 (25.4) |
| Referral facility (n=894) | |||
| Another hospital (public) | 141 (15.8) | 24 (14.4) | 117 (16.1) |
| Another hospital (private | 179 (20.0) | 42 (25.2) | 137 (18.8) |
| Clinic (public or private) | 66 (7.4) | 3 (1.8) | 63 (8.7) |
| Primary health centre | 390 (43.6) | 64 (38.3) | 326 (44.8) |
| Traditional birth attendant | 92 (10.3) | 27 (16.2) | 65 (8.9) |
| Nursing/maternity home | 6 (0.7) | 2 (1.2) | 4 (0.6) |
| Non-formal referral (Church or Mosque) | 20 (2.2) | 5 (3.0) | 15 (2.1) |
| Mode of birth | |||
| Spontaneous vaginal birth | 1211 (36.9) | 230 (56.4) | 981 (34.2) |
| Assisted vaginal birth | 144 (4.4) | 23 (5.6) | 121 (4.2) |
| Caesarean birth | 1923 (58.7) | 155 (38.0) | 1768 (61.6) |