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Table 1 Birth outcomes from Ndolage and Kilosa hospitals, 1994–1999

From: The impact of endemic and epidemic malaria on the risk of stillbirth in two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns

Hospital

Sample size

Proportion deliveries in first pregnancy (95% CI)

Prevalence low birthweight* (95 % CI)

Prevalence all stillbirths (95 % CI)

   

All

PG

MG

All

PG

MG

Ndolage

7,825

36.8 (35.8–37.9)

11.9 (11.2–12.6)

16.2 (14.9–17.6)

9.4 (8.6–10.2)

2.4 (2.0–2.7)

1.7 (12-2.1)

2.6 (2.1–3.0)

Kilosa

7,350

39.7 (38.6–40.8)

17.5 (16.6–18.4)

25.5 (23.9–27.1)

12.2 (11.2–13.2)

4.8 (4.3–5.3)

4.2 (3.4–4.9)

5.2 (4.5–5.8)

  1. * twins and stillbirth excluded, risk period for low birthweight is calculated to start 3 months after the peak malaria period and to last for 5 months.