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Table 1 Population characteristics of Tehsil Havelian (study area) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

From: Under-estimation of maternal and perinatal mortality revealed by an enhanced surveillance system: enumerating all births and deaths in Pakistan

Characteristics

Study areaa 2015/16

Provinceb

DHS sample 2012/13

p-valuec

Fertility

 Annual live births

7273

350

 

 Married WRA

51,690d

2695e

 

 General Fertility Ratef

141

130

0.168

 Total Fertility Rateg

 (95% CI)

4.3

(4.0–4.6)

3.9

(3.7–4.2)

ns

Body Mass Index

 Median

24.5

25.4

 

 Underweight (> 18.5)

522 (6.9)

54 (5.8)

0.203

 Normal (18.5 - 24.9), n (%)

3603 (47.8)

390 (41.9)

< 0.001

 Overweight (25.0 - 29.9), n (%)

1997 (26.5)

313 (33.7)

< 0.001

 Obese (≥30.0), n (%)

1422 (18.8)

173 (18.6)

0.856

 Total women, n (%)

7544 (100)

930 (100)

 

Sex ratio at birthh

106

107

0.538

 Males

3655

1532

 

 Females

3857

1436

 
  1. Abbreviations: WRA Women of Reproductive Age, DHS Demographic Health Survey, CI Confidence Intervals, ns not significant based on 95% CI
  2. aDate collected by enhanced surveillance system (June 2015 to May 2016)
  3. bDHS survey data 2012/13 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  4. cfrom chi-square
  5. dage 18–49 years
  6. eage 15–49 years
  7. fGeneral Fertility Rate is annual live births/103 Married WRA
  8. gTotal Fertility Rate per woman
  9. hSex ratio is for total births (for provincial sample, total births include 10 years data i.e. from 2002 to 2012)