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Table 3 Evacuation procedures distribution by health facility, health care provider and other characteristics

From: Unsafe abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study of abortion complication severity and associated factors

 

D & C

MVA/EVA

Misoprostol

Other*

Number (unweighted)

Variables

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

Level of facility

     

  Level 2

4.0

43.1

14.4

38.5

119

  Level 3

4.4

71.2

6.2

18.2

648

  Level 4

14.6

69.8

5.5

10.1

768

  Level 5

5.3

81.6

3.7

9.4

485

  Level 6

3.6

94.0

1.2

1.2

166

Health facility ownership

     

  Public

5.9

64.2

4.3

25.6

1,434

  Private-for-profit

8.7

78.4

6.6

6.2

397

  Private-not-for-profit

14.3

51.2

21.3

13.2

355

Cadre of health worker

     

  Obstetrician/Gynecologist

31.8

60.4

4.9

2.9

107

  Medical officer

32.6

53.6

7.3

6.5

402

  Clinical officer

3.0

82.1

6.5

8.3

1,076

  Nurse

2.2

54.6

5.2

37.9

559

  Trained midwife

0.0

36.2

38.1

25.7

41

Region

     

  Central & Nairobi province

3.4

82.6

6.4

7.7

708

  Coast & North Eastern province

2.8

64.2

6.7

26.3

330

  Eastern province

18.7

48.3

1.5

31.6

278

  Nyanza & Western province

3.1

61.7

11.3

23.8

437

  Rift valley province

21.3

55.7

5.7

17.3

433

Gestational age

     

  <=12 week

6.0

74.7

3.4

15.9

1,419

  >12 Week

11.0

50.8

14.1

24.1

767

Total

7.9

65.4

7.6

19.1

2,186

  1. D&C- dilation and curettage; MVA- manual vacuum aspiration; EVA- electric vacuum aspiration. *The “Other” had use of forceps and finger/hand.