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Table 2 Number and percentages of ANC visits received by pregnant women in different regions of China

From: Current status of antenatal care of pregnant women—8 provinces in China, 2018

Variables

Total

Eastern

Central

Western

χ2

P

N(%,95CI)

N(%,95CI)

N(%,95CI)

N(%,95CI)

Number of ANC visits

  ≥ 5

38,675 (78.8,78.4–79.2)

20,208 (72.9,72.4–73.4)

10,615 (79.5,78.9–80.2)

7852 (97.8,97.5–98.2)

2320.45

0.000

  ≥ 8

19,603 (39.9,39.5–40.4)

10,101 (36.5,35.9–37.0)

2803 (21.0,20.3–21.7)

6699 (83.5,82.7–84.3)

8476.94

0.000

  ≥ 11

8178 (16.7,16.3–17.0)

3626 (13.0,12.7–13.5)

239 (1.8,1.6–2.0)

4313 (53.7,52.7–54.8)

10,328.50

0.000

Percentage of ANC visits, by trimester

 First trimester(< 13 weeks)

30,368 (61.9,61.4–62.3)

14,551 (52.5,51.9–53.1)

9104 (68.2,67.4–69.0)

6713 (83.7,82.8–84.5)

2872.43

0.000

 Second trimester(< 28 weeks)

44,342 (90.3,90.1–90.6)

24,451 (88.2,87.9–88.6)

11,984 (89.8,89.3–90.3)

7907 (98.5,98.3–98.8)

763.02

0.000

 Third trimester(≥28 weeks)

45,117 (91.9,91.7–92.2)

24,936 (90.0,89.6–90.3)

12,176 (91.2,90.8–91.7)

8005 (99.8,99.6–99.9)

811.68

0.000

Quality of ANC visits

  Normative ANC

15,207 (31.0,30.6–31.4)

5687 (20.5,20.0–21.0)

4601 (34.5,33.7–35.3)

4919 (61.3,60.2–62.4)

4943.51

0.000

 Qualified ANC

3941 (8.0,7.8–8.3)

141 (0.5,0.4–0.6)

1212 (9.1,8.6–9.6)

2588 (32.3,31.2–33.3)

8517.59

0.000

  1. Note: The first, second, and third trimester were defined as a gestational age less than 13 weeks, 13–27 weeks, and 28–42 weeks, respectively