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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the women giving birth

From: Risk factors of stillbirths in four district hospitals on Pemba Island, Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

 

Live births, n = 1386

Stillbirths, n = 31

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Age in years

   

0.623a

Mean (Std. deviation)

26.47 (± 6.35)

25.90 (± 5.75)

 0.99 (0.93–1.05)

 

Median

25

26

  

Missing

8

0

  

Living district

   

0.081*

Chake Chake

449 (32.8%)

7 (23.3%)

Ref

 

Micheweni

250 (18.3%)

10 (33.3%)

2.56 (0.97–6.82)

 

Wete

354 (25.9%)

4 (13.3%)

0.73 (0.21–2.5)

 

Mkoani

315 (23%)

9 (30%)

1.83 (0.68–4.97)

 

Missing

18

1

  

Hospital

   

0.037*

Hospital 1

521 (37.7%)

7 (22.6%)

3.11 (1.17–8.28)

 

Hospital 2

321 (23.2%)

4 (12.9%)

0.93(0.27–3.19)

 

Hospital 3

301 (21.8%)

10 (32.3%)

 2.47 (0.93–6.56)

 

Hospital 4

239 (17.3%)

10 (32.3%)

 Ref

 

Missing

4

0

  

Education

   

0.350**

No formal education or primary

439 (32%)

12 (40%)

1.42 (0.68–2.97)

 

Secondary, college and above

935 (68%)

18 (60%)

Ref

 

Missing

12

1

  

Marital status

   

 0.393*

Married

1356 (98.4%)

29 (96.7%)

Ref

 

Unmarried

22 (1.6%)

1 (3.3%)

2.13 (0.28–16.31)

 

Missing

8

1

  
  1. Note. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. *Fischer’s exact test, **Pearson Chi-Square test, aIndependent samples t-test. Significant results are in bold