Table 2 Obstetric history of pregnant mothers, who were attending ANC in the public health Facilities of Debre Markos town, Feburary – March, 2014 (n = 320)
Variable | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gravidity (n = 320) | Primigravida | 146 | 45.6 |
Multi gravida | 174 | 54.4 | |
Parity (n = 320) | No parity | 158 | 49.4 |
≥1 parity | 162 | 50.6 | |
Children born alive (n = 174) | 0 | 17 | 9.8 |
1–3 | 135 | 77.6 | |
≥4 | 22 | 12.6 | |
Death of children (n = 157) | Yes | 30 | 19.1 |
No | 127 | 80.9 | |
spontanous abortion (n = 174) | Yes | 35 | 20.1 |
No | 139 | 79.9 | |
stillbirth (n = 174) | Yes | 18 | 10.3 |
No | 156 | 89.7 | |
History of ANC (n = 174) | Yes | 126 | 72.4 |
No | 48 | 27.6 | |
ANC initiation time onPrevious pregnancy (n = 126) | ≤16 Weeks | 115 | 91.3 |
> 16 Weeks | 11 | 8.7 | |
Type of pregnancy N = 320 | Planned | 252 | 78.8 |
Unplanned | 68 | 21.2 | |
Intended to intrupt unplannedPregnancy N = 68 | Yes | 25 | 36.8 |
No | 43 | 63.2 |