Provision of emergency obstetric care at secondary level in a conflict setting in a rural area of Afghanistan – is the hospital fulfilling its role?

Table 3 Obstetric characteristics of women admitted to the MSF Khost maternity hospital, Afghanistan, 2013–2014 (n = 29,876)

Variable	N	(%)
Gravida^a
1	6651	(22)
2–6	16,181	(54)
> 6	6874	(23)
Not recorded	158	(< 1)
Parity^b
0^c	7300	(24)
1–6	18,759	(63)
> 6	3659	(12)
Not recorded	158	(< 1)
Number of abortions
0	24,068	(81)
1–3	5158	(17)
> 3	484	(2)
Not recorded	166	(< 1)
Attended antenatal care in the current pregnancy
Yes	18,702	(63)
No	11,163	(37)
Not recorded	11	(< 0.5)
Rh factor
Negative^d	1887	(6)
Positive	27,251	(91)
Not recorded	738	(2)
Principal exit diagnosis
Vaginal delivery without complication	23,636	(79)
Direct obstetric complications	3860	(13)
Haemorrhage	1536	(5)
Abortion with complication	1477	(5)
Prolonged and/or obstructed labour	664	(2)
Hypertensive disorders	175	(1)
Post partum sepsis	8	(< 0.5)
Preterm delivery	123	(< 0.5)
Abortion without complications	154	(1)
Other	2103	(7)

^aThe total number of pregnancies the mother has had
^bThe number of pregnancies reaching viable gestational age
^cParity 0 are women who never delivered, but presented with a complication in pregnancy
^dRh factor negative: these women required Rho (D) immunoglobulin treatment

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