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Table 5 Unmet need for induction of labor and perinatal deaths at country level

From: Unmet need for induction of labor in Africa: secondary analysis from the 2004 - 2005 WHO Global Maternal and Perinatal Health Survey (A cross-sectional survey)

Country

Not Induced

Induced

Unmet need for induction of labor (%)

Perinatal mortality

OR (95% CI)

    

Not Induced

Induced

 
    

N

%

N

%

 

Angola (N - 332)

219

113

66.0

30

13.7

4

3.5

0.23 (0.07 – 0.71)

DRC (N - 1539)

1204

335

78.2

88

7.3

12

3.6

0.47 (0.24 – 0.90)

Algeria (N - 3323)

2383

940

71.7

131

5.5

14

1.5

0.26 (0.14 – 0.46)

Kenya (N - 2548)

1919

629

75.3

131

6.8

12

1.9

0.27 (0.14 – 0.50)

Niger (N - 463)

356

107

76.9

50

14.1

5

4.7

0.30 (0.10 – 0.81)

Nigeria (N - 1372)

957

415

69.8

155

16.2

31

7.5

0.42 (0.27 – 0.64)

Uganda (N - 1195)

958

237

80.2

113

11.8

10

4.2

0.33 (0.16 – 0.66)