Table 1 For all livebirths included in the audit, estimated gestation before birth and assessment of gestation after birth
CMC (n = 692) | Mulago (n = 958) | Mbale (n = 772) | Kenyatta (n = 992) | FBH/LNH (n = 273) | Total (n = 3687) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimated before birth | 691 | (99%) | 957 | (99%) | 770 | (99%) | 954 | (96%) | 272 | (99%) | 3644 | (99%) |
Method | ||||||||||||
LMP and/or clinical assessment | 191 | (28%) | 855 | (89%) | 742 | (96%) | 921 | (93%) | 169 | (62%) | 2878 | (78%) |
Dating ultrasound scan alone | 211 | (30%) | 55 | (6%) | 21 | (3%) | 31 | (3%) | 37 | (14%) | 355 | (10%) |
Dating ultrasound scan + other | 289 | (42%) | 47 | (5%) | 7 | (1%) | 2 | (< 1%) | 66 | (24%) | 411 | (11%) |
Gestation (weeks) | ||||||||||||
< 28 | – | – | 11 | (1%) | 4 | (1%) | 10 | (1%) | 3 | (1%) | 28 | (1%) |
28–33+ 6 | 14 | (2%) | 52 | (5%) | 26 | (3%) | 36 | (4%) | 17 | (6%) | 145 | (4%) |
≥ 34 | 677 | (98%) | 894 | (93%) | 740 | (96%) | 908 | (92%) | 252 | (92%) | 3471 | (94%) |
Assessed after birth | ||||||||||||
Gestation (weeks) | ||||||||||||
< 28 | – | – | 3 | (< 1%) | – | – | 3 | (< 1%) | 2 | (1%) | 8 | (< 1%) |
28–33+ 6 | 15 | (2%) | 67 | (7%) | 10 | (1%) | 29 | (3%) | 15 | (5%) | 136 | (4%) |
≥ 34 | 677 | (98%) | 888 | (93%) | 762 | (99%) | 960 | (97%) | 256 | (94%) | 3543 | (96%) |
Neonatal assessment donea | -b | 81 | 32 | 45 | 23 | 181 | ||||||