Table 2.
SSC prevalence by antepartum, intrapartum, newborn, and sociodemographic factors in surveyed districts of Bangladesh, 2019
| Variables | Categories | Overall (N = 13,695) |
Frequency (n = 3878) | Percentagesa % (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The overall prevalence of SSC | 13,695 | 3878 | 28.3 (27.6, 29.1) | |
| Antepartum characteristics | ||||
| Frequency of antenatal care(ANC) visits with at least one ANC from a medically trained provider (MTP)) | No ANC from MTP | 3948 | 1000 | 25.3 (23.9, 26.7) |
| 1–3 ANC (at least 1 from an MTP) | 6091 | 1772 | 29.1 (27.9, 30.2) | |
| ≥4 (at least 1 from an MTP) | 3656 | 1107 | 30.3 (28.8, 31.8) | |
| Intrapartum characteristics | ||||
| Place of delivery | Home delivery | 6417 | 1694 | 26.4 (25.3, 27.5) |
| Public facility | 2040 | 850 | 41.7 (39.5, 43.8) | |
| Private facility | 5025 | 1282 | 25.5 (24.3, 26.7) | |
| NGO facility | 133 | 30 | 22.6 (15.7, 30.0) | |
| Mode of deliveries | Vaginal birth | 8774 | 2650 | 30.2 (29.2, 31.2) |
| Caeserean section | 4914 | 1227 | 25.0 (23.8,26.2) | |
| Any complication during delivery | No | 10,743 | 2962 | 27.6 (26.7, 28.4) |
| Yes | 2952 | 917 | 31.1 (29.4, 32.8) | |
| Newborn characteristics | ||||
| Birth size | Small | 1363 | 464 | 34.0 (31.5, 36.6) |
| Average | 9393 | 2637 | 28.1 (27.2, 28.9) | |
| Large | 2893 | 770 | 26.6 (25.0, 28.3) | |
| Birth order | 1–2 | 8787 | 2548 | 29.0 (28.1, 29.9) |
| 3–4 | 4149 | 1150 | 27.7 (26.4, 29.1) | |
| 5+ | 759 | 181 | 23.8 (20.8, 27.0) | |
| Sex of the child | Male | 7017 | 2019 | 28.8 (27.7, 29.8) |
| Female | 6609 | 1838 | 27.8 (26.7, 28.9) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Mother’s age | 15–19 | 2028 | 591 | 29.1 (28.3, 32.5) |
| 20–29 | 8166 | 2324 | 28.5 (28.6, 30.6) | |
| 30–39 | 3318 | 926 | 27.9 (28.6,30.6) | |
| 40–49 | 183 | 38 | 20.9 (15.8, 28.6) | |
| Mother’s educational level | No formal education | 986 | 243 | 24.6 (21.9, 27.5) |
| Primary incomplete (1–4 years) | 1570 | 379 | 24.2 (22.1, 26.4) | |
| Primary complete (5 years) | 2024 | 504 | 24.9 (23.0, 26.8) | |
| Secondary incomplete (6–9 years) | 6205 | 1829 | 29.5 (28.3, 30.6) | |
| Secondary and above (≥10 years) | 2910 | 923 | 31.7 (30.0, 33.4) | |
| Mother’s current occupation | Housewives | 13,268 | 3773 | 28.4 (27.7, 29.2) |
| Skilled worker | 375 | 92 | 24.7 (20.3, 29.2) | |
| Unskilled worker | 52 | 14 | 26.6 (15.6, 41.0) | |
| Mother’s religion | Muslim | 12,912 | 3642 | 28.2 (27.4, 28.9) |
| Hindu /others | 783 | 237 | 30.2 (27.1, 33.6) | |
| Wealth quintile | Lowest | 2657 | 664 | 25.0 (23.3, 26.7) |
| Second | 2671 | 706 | 26.4 (24.8, 28.2) | |
| Middle | 2777 | 813 | 29.3 (27.6, 31.0) | |
| Fourth | 2758 | 827 | 29.9 (28.3, 31.7) | |
| Highest | 2832 | 868 | 30.7 (30.0, 32.4) | |
a Weighted