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Table 1 Maternal characteristics and pregnancy care

From: Adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies: The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry study

 

South Asian Sites (N=166,882)

Sub-Saharan African and Latin American Sites (N=102,391)

 

Maternal Age (years)

Maternal Age (years)

 

15-19

20-24

< 15

15-19

20-24

Mothers, N

10,233 (6.1)

87,551 (52.5)

360 (0.4)

21,864 (21.4)

33,321 (32.5)

Maternal characteristics

     

Education, N (%)

10,174

87,147

356

21,804

33,238

No formal education

2,214 (21.8)

17,568 (20.2)

20 (5.6)

1,039 (4.8)

2,412 (7.3)

Primary

3,127 (30.7)

22,248 (25.5)

285 (80.1)

14,275 (65.5)

20,600 (62.0)

Secondary

4,153 (40.8)

36,976 (42.4)

51 (14.3)

6,409 (29.4)

9,556 (28.8)

University+

680 (6.7)

10,355 (11.9)

0 (0.0)

81 (0.4)

670 (2.0)

Parity, N (%)

10,124

87,192

359

21,832

33,288

0

9,491 (93.7)

45,200 (51.8)

347 (96.7)

16,158 (74.0)

8,785 (26.4)

1 or 2

614 (6.1)

40,458 (46.4)

12 (3.3)

5,495 (25.2)

19,843 (59.6)

> 2

19 (0.2)

1,534 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

179 (0.8)

4,660 (14.0)

Last pregnancy resulted in a pregnancy loss, n/N (%)

110/628 (17.5)

2,025/41,962 (4.8)

2/12 (16.7)

672/5,666 (11.9)

1,565/24,485 (6.4)

Antenatal care (ANC) current pregnancy

     

At least four ANC visits, n/N (%)

2,980/5,016 (59.4)

28,317/45,065 (62.8)

80/181 (44.2)

5,942/11,646 (51.0)

9,708/18,403 (52.8)

Trimester for first ANC visit, N (%)

9.765

84.119

332

20.938

31.912

First

6,213 (63.6)

53,581 (63.7)

73 (22.0)

3,761 (18.0)

5,959 (18.7)

Second

2,653 (27.2)

23,494 (27.9)

183 (55.1)

12,554 (60.0)

18,326 (57.4)

Third

899 (9.2)

7,044 (8.4)

76 (22.9)

4,623 (22.1)

7,627 (23.9)

Mothers receiving any of the following during this pregnancy

     

Tetanus toxoid vaccine, n/N (%)

9,583/10,228 (93.7)

82,901/87,474 (94.8)

328/359 (91.4)

20,360/21,799 (93.4)

29,379/33,255 (88.3)

Prenatal vitamins/iron, n/N (%)

9,735/10,216 (95.3)

83,660/87,380 (95.7)

316/359 (88.0)

20,531/21,808 (94.1)

31,140/33,274 (93.6)

Syphilis test, n/N (%)

1,539/10,094 (15.2)

21,619/86,658 (24.9)

275/360 (76.4)

16,581/21,793 (76.1)

24,155/33,213 (72.7)

HIV test, n/N (%)

8,269/10,171 (81.3)

75,671/87,141 (86.8)

305/360 (84.7)

18,719/21,794 (85.9)

27,339/33,201 (82.3)

Delivery care

     

Birth attendant, N (%)

10,229

87,504

360

21,861

33,318

Physician

5,930 (58.0)

49,324 (56.4)

137 (38.1)

4,505 (20.6)

6,490 (19.5)

Nurse/Midwife/HW

3,431 (33.5)

30,153 (34.5)

134 (37.2)

8,397 (38.4)

10,842 (32.5)

TBA

697 (6.8)

6,052 (6.9)

74 (20.6)

7,324 (33.5)

13,082 (39.3)

Family/Other

171 (1.7)

1,975 (2.3)

15 (4.2)

1,635 (7.5)

2,904 (8.7)

Delivery location, N (%)

10,219

87,480

360

21,861

33,318

Hospital

7,043 (68.9)

56,352 (64.4)

191 (53.1)

6,873 (31.4)

9,134 (27.4)

Clinic

2,294 (22.4)

22,744 (26.0)

83 (23.1)

6,206 (28.4)

8,243 (24.7)

Home/Other

882 (8.6)

8,384 (9.6)

86 (23.9)

8,782 (40.2)

15,941 (47.8)