The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Calculating the number of women treated for complications of unsafe abortions in a health facility in 2012, by region (based on women 15–49)

Region	Women treated for abortion complication	Live births among women 15-49^b	Women with LATE Miscarriages^a	Women with LATE miscarriages treated in a health facility^c	Women treated for unsafe abortion complications
Total	157,353	1,545,546	52,703	37,850	119,502
Central & Nairobi	31,506	351,943	12,001	11,005	20,501
Coast & N. Eastern	21,935	209,017	7,127	5,324	16,610
Eastern	12,124	222,435	7,585	5,112	7,011
Nyanza & Western	44,997	375,033	12,789	8,185	36,812
Rift valley	46,791	387,118	13,201	8,224	38,567

^aLate miscarriages are defined as any spontaneous abortion occurring after 12 weeks and before 24 weeks of pregnancy. Late miscarriages account for 3.41 % of all live births, so these were obtained from multiplying the number of live births by 3.41 %. The number of women with late miscarriages treated at health facility was obtained by multiplying the number of women with late miscarriages as above by the percentage of women who would be treated at a health facility (see description of methodology in text)
^bSource: Live births were computed by applying the general fertility rate from the 2009 KDHS to the projected (adjusted) number of women of reproductive age from the 2012 population projections from 2009 census
^cThe multiplying factor for the percentage of women with late miscarriages who were treated at heath facilities was estimated from KDHS’s estimated rate of accessing care for 2nd trimester miscarriages

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