Table 2.
Pregnancy and delivery care factors of recent pregnancy n = 4649
| Variables | Women delivering at home | Women delivering at facility | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1286 | N = 3363 | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Received ANC during pregnancy | ||||
| No ANC | 201 | 15.60% | 51 | 1.50% |
| < 4 visits | 815 | 63.40% | 1509 | 44.90% |
| 4 or more visits | 270 | 21.00% | 1803 | 53.60% |
| Maternal tetanus vaccinations | ||||
| No | 860 | 66.90% | 1475 | 43.90% |
| Yes | 426 | 33.10% | 1888 | 56.10% |
| Iron supplementation | ||||
| No | 534 | 41.50% | 706 | 21.00% |
| Yes | 752 | 58.50% | 2657 | 79.00% |
| Calcium supplementation | ||||
| No | 493 | 38.30% | 576 | 17.10% |
| Yes | 793 | 61.70% | 2787 | 82.90% |
| Gestational age at delivery (weeks) | ||||
| < 37 | 268 | 30% | 936 | 28.90% |
| > 37 | 625 | 70% | 2304 | 71.10% |
| Obstructed labour/prolonged labour | ||||
| /failure to progress | ||||
| No | 1260 | 98% | 3135 | 93.20% |
| Yes | 26 | 2.00% | 228 | 6.80% |
| Obstetric hemorrhage | ||||
| No | 1266 | 98.40% | 3206 | 95.30% |
| Yes | 20 | 1.60% | 157 | 4.70% |
| Hypertension/preeclampsia/eclampsia | ||||
| No | 1277 | 99.30% | 3200 | 95.20% |
| Yes | 9 | 0.70% | 163 | 4.80% |
| Suspected reproductive tract infection (RTI)a | ||||
| No | 1272 | 98.90% | 3212 | 95.50% |
| Yes | 14 | 1.10% | 151 | 4.50% |
| Birth Outcomes of recent pregnancyb | ||||
| Live Birth | 850 | 66.10% | 3093 | 91.90% |
| Not a live birth | 43 | 4.8% | 148 | 4.6% |
| Birth weight (gm) | ||||
| Normal weight (≥ 2500) | 668 | 74.80% | 2490 | 76.90% |
| Low birth weight (< 2500) | 225 | 25.20% | 750 | 23.10% |
aDefined as an infection of the genital tract in which fever is present with pelvic pain, abnormal vaginal discharge/ presence of pus, abnormal smell / foul odor of discharge, and/or delay in the reduction of the size of the uterus (< 2 cm per day in the first 8 days)
bNot a live birth includes stillbirths