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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of women who delivered or presented for hospital care leading to a pregnancy outcome in three tertiary hospitals, Bhutan, May–August 2018

From: “If we miss this chance, it’s futile later on” – late antenatal booking and its determinants in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study

Categories

n

(%)

Total

868

(100)

Age

 16–17 years

7

(< 1)

 18–24 years

178

(21)

 25–34 years

561

(65)

 35–44 years

118

(14)

  ≥ 45 years

2

(< 1)

 Not recorded

2

(< 1)

Level of education of mother

 None

165

(19)

 Primary education

81

(9)

 Secondary education

121

(14)

 Graduate education

369

(43)

 Non-formal education

126

(15)

 Others

2

(< 1)

 Not recorded

4

(< 1)

Residence

 Urban

545

(63)

 Rural

323

(37)

Past medical history of mother

 Hypertension

32

(4)

 Known substance or alcohol abuse

3

(< 1)

 Diabetes

2

(< 1)

 Tuberculosis

2

(< 1)

Past obstetric history

 Mother is Rh-negative

7

(1)

 Bad obstetric history

1

(< 1)

 Low birth weight

9

(1)

 High birth weight

1

(< 1)

 Hospital admission in last pregnancy

2

(< 1)

 Previous pelvic surgery

122

(14)

HIV infection

 Negative

859

(99)

 Positive

1

(< 1)

 Not recorded

8

(< 1)

Hepatitis B infection

 Negative

849

(98)

 Positive

9

(1)

 Not recorded

10

(1)

ANC booking category

 Early booking

271

(31)

 Late booking

584

(67)

 No booking

13

(1)

  1. Bad obstetric history = History of three or more consecutive spontaneous abortions; Low birth weight = Baby weighing less than 2500 g; High birth weight = Baby weighing more than 4500 g; Reasons for hospital admissions in last pregnancy = admission for hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia; Previous pelvic surgery = Surgery on reproductive tract such as caesarean section, cervical cerclage, cone biopsy, myomectomy, ectopic pregnancy
  2. ANC antenatal care, BMI body mass index