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Table 3 Factors associated with pregnancy loss in Kersa HDSS from 2007 to 2019, Eastern Ethiopia

From: Trends and determinants of pregnancy loss in eastern Ethiopia from 2008 to 2019: analysis of health and demographic surveillance data

Pregnancy loss

No (%)

Yes (%)

cPPR (95%CI)

aPPR (95%CI)

Education

 Have formal education

13079 (97.97)

271 (2.03)

1

1

 Read or write

712 (98.21)

13 (1.79)

0.88 (0.51, 1.53)

1.11 (0.52, 2.37)

 Can't read and write

24452 (97.9)

524 (2.10)

1.03 (0.89, 1.20)

0.99 (0.78, 1.26)

Having own income

 Yes

25597 (98.08)

500 (1.92)

1

1

 No

12746 (97.63)

310 (2.37)

1.24 (1.08, 1.43)

1.26 (1.01, 1.58) *

Wealth index

 Poor

17428 (97.94)

367 (2.06)

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1

 Middle

10981 (97.91)

234 (2.09)

1.01 (0.86, 1.19)

1.18 (0.91, 1.53)

 Rich

9934 (97.94)

209 (2.06)

1.00 (0.84, 1.18)

1.20 (0.91, 1.57)

Occupation

 Housewife

30974 (97.87)

675 (2.13)

1

1

 Employee

2534 (98.45)

40 (1.55)

0.73 (0.53, 1.00)

0.78 (0.46, 1.32)

 Unemployed

4346 (98.15)

82 (1.85)

0.87 (0.69, 1.09)

0.83 (0.59, 1.17)

 Daily laborer

489 (97.41)

13 (2.59)

1.21 (0.71, 2.09)

1.44 (1.08, 3.06) *

Age at first birth

 Under 18 years

8697 (98.3)

150 (1.7)

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1

 18–25 years

27257 (97.82)

608 (2.18)

1.29 (1.08, 1.54)

1.06 (0.81, 1.39)

 > 25 years

2389 (97.87)

52 (2.13)

1.26 (0.92, 1.72)

1.16 (0.69, 1.93)

Previous birth alive

 Yes

32766 (98.25)

585 (1.75)

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1

 No

3071 (95.02)

161 (4.98)

2.84 (2.39, 3.37)

2.26 (1.69, 3.03) **

 First Pregnancy

2506 (97.51)

64 (2.49)

1.42 (1.10, 1.83)

0.81 (0.52, 1.26)

Pregnancy wanted

 Yes

10,716 (98.11)

206 (1.89)

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1

 No

4052 (96.87)

131 (3.13)

1.66(1.34, 2.06)

1.26 (1.01, 1.58) *

Number of pregnancies

 One

22,000 (97.9)

473 (2.1)

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1

 two -five

7973 (98.21)

145 (1.79)

0.92 (0.78, 1.09)

0.97 (0.73, 1.30)

 Six-ten

789 (98.13)

15 (1.87)

0.78 (0.63, 0.97)

0.95 (0.66, 1.37)

 More than ten

22,000 (97.9)

473 (2.1)

0.82 (0.49, 1.38)

0.89 (0.36, 2.22)

Receive TT vaccine

 Yes

8055 (98.66)

109 (1.34)

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1

 No

30288 (97.74)

701 (2.26)

1.69(1.39, 2.07)

1.33 (1.08, 1.80) *

Received antenatal care

 Yes

12212 (98.19)

225 (1.81)

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1

 No

26131 (97.81)

585 (2.19)

1.21(1.04, 1.41)

1.59 (1.19, 2.13) **

  1. aPPR Adjusted prevalence proportion ratio, cPPR Crude prevalence proportion ratio, CI Confidence Interval, TT Tetanus Toxoid