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Table 3 Population characteristics

From: Management of abortion complications at a rural hospital in Uganda: a quality assessment by a partially completed criterion-based audit

Women’s characteristics

 

Age, mean ± SD

26 ± 6.9

Marital statusa, n (%)

 

 Married

140 (59.3)

 Single

2 (0.8)

 nd

94 (39.8)

Trimesterb, n (%)

 

 1

70 (33.2)

 2

117 (55.5)

 nd

24 (11.4)

HIV infection, n (%)

 

 Yes

7 (3.0)

 No

106 (44.9)

 Deny test

4 (1.7)

 nd

119 (50.4)

Previous abortion, n (%)

 

 Yes

54 (22.9)

 No

78 (33.1)

 nd

104 (44.1)

Gravidac, median ± SD

3 ± 3

Parityc, median ± SD

1 ± 3

Gravida and (parity), n

 

 0

0 (57)

 1

47 (39)

 2

42 (22)

 3

20 (15)

 4

19 (10)

 5+

56 (40)

  1. nd not documented, SD standard deviation
  2. aTwo cases of incomplete abortion were readmissions due to insufficient prior management. The demographic data, except trimester, are only included for the first admission
  3. bTwo cases admitted with inevitable and 25 threatened abortion are not included in ‘trimester’; the pregnancy continued
  4. cNot documented for all cases
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