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Table 2 Distribution of the number of antenatal care contacts during the pregnancy of their most recent birth by states in Nigeria

From: Sub-national analysis and determinants of numbers of antenatal care contacts in Nigeria: assessing the compliance with the WHO recommended standard guidelines

State*

n

No contact

1–3 contacts

4–7 contacts

8 + contacts

Osun

407

1.2

3.2

15.3

80.2

Lagos

1,129

4.6

2.0

16.5

76.8

Imo

403

2.5

10.9

14.7

72.0

Ondo

310

4.6

6.7

23.2

65.5

Edo

269

10.0

5.0

20.4

64.5

Ekiti

225

6.9

6.5

25.9

60.7

Rivers

603

12.4

5.8

26.3

55.4

Oyo

702

12.1

5.5

34.1

48.2

Enugu

315

3.8

8.0

45.1

43.2

Kwara

358

25.4

8.6

24.4

41.7

Abia

257

3.8

5.7

48.8

41.7

Delta

405

23.3

3.6

33.3

39.9

Ogun

421

3.8

5.0

52.5

38.7

Anambra

661

3.4

10.9

59.2

26.5

Kogi

297

17.8

9.5

47.5

25.3

Akwa Ibom

358

19.3

14.4

44.0

22.3

Ebonyi

490

5.6

19.8

52.6

22.0

FCT, Abuja

147

12.3

13.4

58.2

16.1

Adamawa

515

15.5

17.7

52.1

14.7

Cross River

229

16.0

18.0

51.6

14.3

Benue

633

25.4

18.3

42.1

14.1

Nasarawa

327

22.4

10.4

54.1

13.1

Plateau

413

24.1

20.1

47.2

8.6

Kaduna

1445

30.0

15.9

46.1

8.0

Kano

1672

16.4

32.5

44.2

6.9

Bayelsa

143

57.7

10.7

25.4

6.2

Sokoto

605

53.1

16.2

27.0

3.7

Taraba

492

20.4

29.8

46.5

3.4

Jigawa

893

20.5

31.6

45.0

2.9

Bauchi

914

33.1

24.6

39.9

2.4

Katsina

1432

47.0

14.4

36.6

2.0

Niger

839

40.8

26.1

31.5

1.7

Gombe

442

25.5

30.0

42.9

1.6

Borno

728

37.6

28.0

33.0

1.4

Yobe

751

30.2

34.0

34.4

1.3

Zamfara

843

63.7

10.3

24.9

1.1

Kebbi

712

47.9

24.7

27.2

0.2

Total

21,785

24.8

17.4

37.5

20.3

  1. *ordered by 8 + contacts