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Table 3 Magnitude of abortion complications in Nigeria and CAR study hospitals during the period of inclusion in the study

From: High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa (AMoCo study)

 

Nigerian hospitala

CAR hospitalb

Total number of abortion-related admissions

520

548

Total number of facility pregnancy-related admissions

12,332

2750

Total number of live births in facility

6903

2018

 

Estimate

95%CI

Estimate

95%CI

Number of abortion admissions (per 100 pregnancy-related admissions)

4.2

3.9–4.6

19.9

18.5–21.5

Number of abortion admissions (per 1000 live births)

75.3

69.2–81.8

271.6

252.2–291.5

  1. aPeriod of inclusion: February 2020 – July 2021 (with an interruption between April and July 2020 due to COVID-19)
  2. bPeriod of inclusion: November 2019–January 2020