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Table 5 Other signs considered indicative of danger by pregnant women

From: Antenatal care in The Gambia: Missed opportunity for information, education and communication

Other signs considered suggestive of danger

N = 418

 

n

%

Abdominal pain

181

43.3

Fever/malaria

54

12.9

Backache/waist pain/pain

31

7.4

Illness (unspecified)

25

6.0

Vomiting

12

2.9

Chest pain

11

2.6

Early labour

11

2.6

Drainage of liquor

9

2.2

Labour

8

1.9

Poor appetite

4

1.0

Cough

3

0.7

Asthma/diabetes

1

0.2