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Table 1 Participants characteristics and pregnancy outcome among women aged 15–49 years by study round (1996–2013)

From: Adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural Uganda (1996–2013): trends and associated factors from serial cross sectional surveys

 

Round 8

Round 16

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

ALL ROUNDS

(1996/1997)

(2004/2005)

(2006/2007)

(2007/2008)

(2008/2009)

(2009/2010)

(2010/2011)

2012/2013

1996–2013

Women aged 1549

N = 1224

N = 2440

N = 2498

N = 2450

N = 2808

N = 2880

N = 3166

N = 2766

N = 20100

Age group

         

  < 20

551 (38.7 %)

1059 (37.0 %)

990 (34.4 %)

1090 (37.2 %)

740 (26.4 %)

782 (27.2 %)

784 (24.8 %)

511 (18.5 %)

6507 (30.0 %)

 20–29

408 (28.7 %)

767 (26.8 %)

769 (26.7 %)

767 (26.1 %)

838 (29.8 %)

837 (29.1 %)

896 (28.3 %)

828 (29.9 %)

6110 (28.1 %)

 30–39

280 (19.7 %)

585 (20.4 %)

618 (21.5 %)

600 (20.4 %)

700 (24.9 %)

730 (25.3 %)

844 (26.7 %)

806 (29.1 %)

5163 (23.8 %)

 40–49

185 (13.0 %)

454 (15.8 %)

503 (17.5 %)

477 (16.3 %)

530 (18.9 %)

531 (18.4 %)

642 (20.3 %)

621 (22.5 %)

3943 (18.2 %)

 Median age (IQR) (years)

25 (19–34)

27 (19–36.5)

28 (20–37)

27 (20–37)

27 (19–36)

27 (19–36)

28 (20–37)

30 (21–39)

28 (20–37)

Marital status

         

 Married

1401 (48.9 %)

1421 (49.5 %)

1393 (47.6 %)

1551 (55.3 %)

1583 (55.0 %)

1755 (55.5 %)

1644 (59.5 %)

10748 (53.0 %)

 Divorced/separated/widowed

393 (13.7 %)

388 (13.5 %)

390 (13.3 %)

365 (13.0 %)

385 (13.4 %)

473 (14.9 %)

448 (16.2 %)

2842 (14.0 %)

 Single (never married)

1069 (37.3 %)

1060 (36.9 %)

1146 (39.1 %)

891 (31.7 %)

912 (31.7 %)

937 (29.6 %)

673 (24.3 %)

6688 (33.0 %)

Education

         

 None/less than primary

552 (38.8 %)

220 (7.7 %)

225 (7.8 %)

206 (7.0 %)

198 (7.1 %)

198 (6.9 %)

221 (7.0 %)

177 (6.4 %)

1997 (9.2 %)

 Incomplete primary

539 (37.9 %)

1230 (42.9 %)

1483 (51.6 %)

1302 (44.4 %)

1026 (36.6 %)

1013 (35.2 %)

1103 (34.8 %)

998 (36.1 %)

8694 (40.0 %)

 Completed primary

189 (13.3 %)

726 (25.3 %)

501 (17.4 %)

688 (23.4 %)

725 (25.8 %)

691 (24.0 %)

744 (23.5 %)

579 (20.9 %)

4843 (22.3 %)

 Secondary or above

143 (10.0 %)

689 (24.0 %)

666 (23.2 %)

738 (25.2 %)

856 (30.5 %)

977 (33.9 %)

1097 (34.7 %)

1011 (36.6 %)

6177 (28.5 %)

HIV serostatus

         

 Positive

107 (7.5 %)

210 (7.4 %)

220 (7.7 %)

237 (8.4 %)

239 (8.6 %)

268 (9.4 %)

368 (11.9 %)

310 (11.4 %)

1959 (9.2 %)

Pregnant in last year

         

 Yes

400 (28.2 %)

631 (22.4 %)

643 (22.8 %)

698 (24.6 %)

757 (27.0 %)

680 (24.1 %)

736 (23.3 %)

559 (20.5 %)

5104 (23.8 %)

Attended antenatal clinic

         

 Yes

556 (87.1 %)

569 (83.4 %)

635 (84.2 %)

583 (85.7 %)

604 (82.4 %)

477 (85.5 %)

3424 (84.6 %)

Women with pregnancy outcome a

N = 135

N = 220

N = 216

N = 260

N = 473

N = 463

N = 445

N = 346

N = 2557

 Live birth

119 (88.1 %)

179 (81.4 %)

192 (88.9 %)

218 (83.8 %)

432 (91.3 %)

431 (93.1 %)

402 (90.3 %)

309 (89.3 %)

2282 (89.2 %)

 Still birth

1 (0.7 %)

7 (3.2 %)

4 (1.9 %)

14 (5.4 %)

12 (2.5 %)

7 (1.5 %)

11 (2.5 %)

5 (1.4 %)

61 (2.4 %)

 Abortion

15 (11.1 %)

34 (15.5 %)

20 (9.3 %)

28 (10.8 %)

29 (6.1 %)

25 (5.4 %)

32 (7.2 %)

32 (9.2 %)

215 (8.4 %)

Any adverse pregnancy outcome b

16 (11.9 %)

41 (18.6 %)

24 (11.1 %)

42 (16.2 %)

41 (8.7 %)

32 (6.9 %)

43 (9.7 %)

37 (10.7 %)

276 (10.8 %)

Rates

         

 Abortion rate (per 1000 women) c

12.2

13.9

8.0

11.4

10.3

8.7

10.1

12.5

10.5

 Stillbirth rate (per 1000 births) d

8.4

37.6

20.5

60.3

27.0

16.0

26.6

16.5

26.2

 Birth rate per 1000 womene

96.4

73.4

76.5

89.0

153.8

149.7

127.0

112.8

112.8

 Total fertility ratef

3.1

2.5

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.2

4.4

4.5

3.8

  1. aWomen who report a pregnancy in past 12 months who are not still pregnant. bStillbirth, miscarriage or termination. cNumber of abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age (15–49 years). dNumber of stillbirths per 1000 births (live births + stillbirths). eNumber of births per 1000 women of reproductive age (15–49 years). fNumber of births that each woman would have if she were subject to the current age-specific fertility rates (ASFR) throughout her reproductive years (15–49 years). ASFR calculated as [number of births]/[number of women] in each 5-year age band; total fertility rate estimated as ∑(ASFR in each 5-year age band) * 5