Table 2.

Medical and obstetric histories of the study population

Characteristic		N (n = 318)	Percentage
Number of past pregnancies
	1	148	46.54%
	2–3	131	41.20%
	4 or more	39	12.26%
Number of miscarriages
	0	271	85.22%
	1	38	11.95%
	2 or more	9	2.83%
Number of deliveries or times given birth
	1	160	50.31%
	2–3	122	38.36%
	4 or more	36	11.32%
Number of living children
	0	1	0.31%
	1	159	50.00%
	2–3	129	40.57%
	4 or more	29	9.12%
Existing medical illness
	With	20	6.29%
	Without	298	93.71%
History of pregnancy complications
	With	36	11.32%
	Without	282	88.68%
Place of birth of most recent pregnancy
	Home	9	2.83%
	Hospital	178	55.97%
	Lying-in clinic	131	41.19%