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Table 4 ANC use, timing of first ANC visit, ANC place and provider in Zambia

From: Quality of antenatal care in Zambia: a national assessment

 

Percentage

Number of ANC visits (n=4144)

 

None

2.3

1

2.2

2

8.0

3

25.9

4

28.9

5+

31.7

Don’t know

1.1

Month of first ANC visit (n=4050)

 

1-2

3.5

3

15.1

4

27.1

5

28.4

6

18.0

7

6.0

8-9

1.5

Don’t know

0.3

ANC place (n=4048)

 

Government hospital

11.3

Private hospital/clinic

1.1

Mission hospital/clinic

5.0

Health center

71.9

Health post

8.2

Own or other home

0.5

Other

2.0

Highest ANC provider (n=4052)

 

Doctor

1.8

Nurse/midwife

90.5

Clinical officer

3.4

TBA

2.9

Other

1.4