Table 1 Characteristics of women with live singleton delivery at Agogo Hospital, southern Ghana, in 2000 and 2006

No.

839

197

226

-

-

Residence in Agogo (%)

48.9

50.3

42.5

0.09

0.13

Age (years; median, range)

25 (15–47)^a

25 (16–42)^b

26 (16–42)

0.12

0.31

Proportion without school degree (%)

15.4 (128/829)

13.8 (27/195)

10.4 (23/222)

0.06

0.27

Parity (median, range)

2 (1–11)

2 (1–9)

2 (1–11)

0.14

0.43

Primiparae (%)

36.5 (304/832)

34.2 (66/193)

32.7

0.29

0.75

Proportion caesarean section (%)

22.1

18.3

24.8

0.38

0.11

No. of ANC visits (mean, range)

3.9 (0–12)

3.9 (0–11)

4.5 (0–14)

0.01

0.047

Proportion with > 3 ANC visits

52.3 (429/821)

48.7 (93/191)

58.7 (131/223)

0.08

0.04

Birth weight (g; median, range)

2,950 (1,280–4,500)^c

2,900 (1,450–4,350)

3,080 (1,600–5,460)^d

0.02

0.0008

LBW (%)

16.0 (134/838)

19.3

12.4 (28/225)

0.19

0.05

Haemoglobin (g/dL; median, range)

11.5 (4.6–16.8)

11.7 (4.6–15.0)

12.0 (7.2–15.9)

< 0.0001

0.04

Maternal anaemia (%)

35.2

33.0

23.5

0.0009

0.03

Severe anaemia (Hb < 7; %)

1.8

1.5

0

0.05

0.10

Fever (%)

2.8 (23/826)

1.5 (3/196)

6.6

0.006

0.01