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Table 2 Distribution of pregnancies and outcomes by background characteristics among women aged 15–49 years, who reported lifetime pregnancy outcomes in 2012-2013

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

 

Number of Women (%)

Number of Pregnancies

Pregnancy outcome (%)

Background characteristic

(N = 2158)

(N = 11,477)

Live birth

Abortion

Stillbirth

Current Age (years)

 

 less than 20

121 (5.6)

153

88.9

9.2

2.0

 20–29

692 (32.1)

2023

92.7

6.4

0.9

 30–39

771 (35.7)

4606

91.5

7.3

1.2

 40–49

574 (26.6)

4695

91.0

7.5

1.5

Age at first pregnancy (years)

 

 Under 15

87 (4.0)

639

91.2

8.5

0.3

 15–19

1517 (70.4)

8501

91.6

7.1

1.3

 20–24

483 (22.4)

2086

91.5

7.0

1.5

 25–29

61 (2.8)

209

86.6

11.0

2.4

 30–34

6 (0.3)

27

81.5

18.5

0.0

Ever married

 

 Yes

1969 (91.2)

11070

91.5

7.3

1.2

 No

189 (8.86.7)

407

91.2

6.6

2.2

Tribe

 

 Muganda

1465 (73.3)

7955

91.4

7.3

1.3

 Other tribe

533 (26.7)

2862

91.8

7.0

1.3

Religion

 

 Roman catholic

1176 (58.9)

6175

91.5

7.3

1.1

 Anglican

231 (11.6)

1299

91.5

7.9

0.5

 Muslim

486 (24.3)

2767

91.5

6.7

1.7

 Others

105 (5.3)

576

90.3

6.4

3.3

Education level attained

 

 None/less than primary

157 (7.3)

1130

91.8

6.6

1.6

 Incomplete primary

873 (40.5)

5329

91.3

7.3

1.3

 Complete primary

489 (22.7)

2556

92.8

6.0

1.3

 Secondary and above

639 (29.6)

2462

90.3

8.6

1.1

Village of residence

 

 Away from main road

1637 (75.9)

8783

92.1

6.6

1.2

 Along the main road

521(24.9)

2694

89.3

9.1

1.5

Phone access

 

 No access to a phone

1225 (57.1)

6432

91.4

7.2

1.4

 Owns a phone

677 (31.5)

3805

91.1

7.6

1.3

 Family member/Neighbour’s

245 (11.4)

1173

93.0

6.6

0.4

Parity

 

 0–4

1051(48.7)

2805

87.9

10.0

2.1

 5–9

940 (43.6)

6699

92.5

6.4

1.1

 ≥10

167 (7.7)

1973

93.0

6.2

0.8

Antenatal attendance last 1 yeara

 

 Yes

463 (85.1)

2087

90.6

8.2

1.2

 No

81 (14.9)

339

81.1

18.0

0.9

HIV status

 

 Infected

293 (13.8)

1501

91.0

7.9

1.1

 Uninfected

1860 (86.2)

9975

91.6

7.1

1.3

  1. aOnly those who reported pregnancy in the past 12 months were asked on atleast one episode of antenatal attendance and therefore 1614 had missing data on antenatal care. There was also missing data for age at first pregnancy for four women, missing data on tribe for 160 women, missing data on religion for 160 women, missing data on phone ownership for 11 women, missing data on HIV status for one woman. The number of pregnancies in these categories with missing data does not therefore add up to the total pregnancies (11,477)