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Table 2 Sociodemographic and uterine evacuation procedure characteristics of 7,007 CAC patients, Nepal 2008

From: A prospective study of complications from comprehensive abortion care services in Nepal

 

Overall (n=7,007)

Government (n=894)

NGO (n=5,849)

Private (n=264)

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Married

6728

(96.0)

863

(96.5)

5655

(96.7)

210

(79.6)

Rural residence

3997

(57.0)

325

(36.4)

3592

(61.4)

80

(30.3)

Literate

5215

(74.4)

615

(68.8)

4364

(74.6)

236

(89.4)

Education

        

   None

1792

(25.6)

279

(31.2)

1485

(25.4)

28

(10.6)

   Primary or some secondary

3010

(43.0)

244

(27.3)

2657

(45.4)

109

(41.3)

   School Leaving Certificate or higher

2205

(31.5)

371

(41.5)

1707

(29.2)

127

(48.1)

 

Mean

(sd)

Mean

(sd)

Mean

(sd)

Mean

(sd)

Age, years

26.9

(5.80)

27.2

(5.68)

26.9

(5.79)

26.0

(6.28)

Gravidity

3.2

(1.63)

3.1

(1.40)

3.3

(1.66)

2.5

(1.50)

Parity

1.8

(1.36)

1.9

(1.28)

1.9

(1.37)

1.2

(1.27)

Pregnancy duration, weeks

        

   Last menstrual period (n=6539)

7.1

(1.64)

7.3

(1.46)

7.0

(1.66)

7.3

(1.68)

   Clinical exam (n = 6307)

7.4

(1.75)

7.6

(1.54)

7.4

(1.78)

7.3

(1.58)

   Ultrasound (n = 25)

7.9

(1.96)

7.7

(1.89)

8.7

(2.52)

8.5

(3.53)

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Prophylactic administration of antibiotics

5277

(75.3)

809

(90.5)

4217

(72.1)

251

(95.1)

Post-abortion contraceptive method

        

   No method accepted

1328

(19.0)

134

(15.0)

1180

(20.2)

14

(5.3)

   Condom

2715

(38.8)

103

(11.5)

2555

(43.7)

57

(21.6)

   Depo Provera

1461

(20.9)

343

(38.4)

1022

(17.5)

96

(36.4)

   Pills

1035

(14.8)

175

(19.6)

790

(13.5)

70

(26.5)

   Norplant

136

(1.9)

11

(1.2)

124

(2.1)

1

(0.4)

   IUD/IUCD

237

(3.4)

76

(8.5)

140

(2.4)

21

(8.0)

   Sterilization

95

(1.4)

52

(5.8)

38

(0.7)

5

(1.9)