Sociodemographic, reproductive and institutional characteristics of severe abortion morbidity and abortion near-miss in Uganda
| Characteristics | Severe abortion complications n* N=3315 | Abortion near-miss cases n† N=1507 | Abortion near-miss row %‡ (95% CI) | χ | P value§ |
| Age group (years) | 8.74 | 0.22 | |||
| <18 | 180 | 94 | 52 (37 to 67) | ||
| 18–24 | 1335 | 572 | 43 (29 to 58) | ||
| 25–29 | 729 | 334 | 46 (33 to 59) | ||
| 30–34 | 542 | 260 | 48 (36 to 60) | ||
| 35 + | 529 | 247 | 47(29 to 65) | ||
| Number of pregnancies | 9.75 | 0.22 | |||
| 1 | 752 | 313 | 42(28 to 56) | ||
| 2 | 589 | 263 | 45(30 to 60) | ||
| 3 | 482 | 216 | 45(32 to 59) | ||
| 4 | 369 | 167 | 45(32 to 59) | ||
| 5 or more | 1123 | 548 | 49(33 to 65) | ||
| Gestation age | 13.66¶ | 0.33¶ | |||
| First trimester | 1459 | 589 | 40(23 to 61) | ||
| Second trimester | 1044 | 499 | 48(36 to 59) | ||
| Trimester not indicated | 812 | 419 | 52(36 to 67) | ||
| HIV status | 10.18** | 0.12** | |||
| Negative | 2388 | 942 | 39(26 to 55) | ||
| Positive | 148 | 78 | 53(37 to 68) | ||
| Not recorded | 779 | 487 | 63(44 to 78) | ||
| Timing of complications | 7.75 | 0.07 | |||
| At arrival or within 12 hours | 3253 | 1468 | 45(31 to 60) | ||
| Developed after 12 hours | 62 | 39 | 63(46 to 77) | ||
| Referral status | 198.11 | <0.001 | |||
| Not referred | 2880 | 1173 | 41(28 to 55) | ||
| Referred†† | 435 | 334 | 77(64 to 86) | ||
| Type of health facility | 34.22 | 0.42 | |||
| Health Centre | 1204 | 628 | 52(34 to 70) | ||
| Hospital | 2111 | 879 | 42(25 to 61) | ||
| Ownership of health facility | 18.7 | 0.40 | |||
| Public | 2675 | 1265 | 47(31 to 64) | ||
| Private | 640 | 242 | 38 (25 to 53) |
*Number of women with severe abortion complications in each row category, the denominator includes abortion near-miss cases as well .
†Number of abortion near-miss cases in each row category.
‡Proportion of women with abortion near-miss out of the total with severe abortion complications in each row category.
§Using the Pearson χ2 to test difference in the proportion of all severe abortion complications that are near-miss across different sociodemographic, reproductive and institutional characteristics.
¶Excludes patients where the trimester was not indicated.
**Excludes patients that did not have a recorded HIV status.
††Patients referred into the health facility for management of abortion complications.