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Table 2 Calculating the number of women treated for complications of unsafe abortions in a health facility in 2012, by region (based on women 15–49)

From: The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Region

Women treated for abortion complication

Live births among women 15-49b

Women with LATE Miscarriagesa

Women with LATE miscarriages treated in a health facilityc

Women treated for unsafe abortion complications

Total

157,353

1,545,546

52,703

37,850

119,502

Central & Nairobi

31,506

351,943

12,001

11,005

20,501

Coast & N. Eastern

21,935

209,017

7,127

5,324

16,610

Eastern

12,124

222,435

7,585

5,112

7,011

Nyanza & Western

44,997

375,033

12,789

8,185

36,812

Rift valley

46,791

387,118

13,201

8,224

38,567

  1. aLate miscarriages are defined as any spontaneous abortion occurring after 12 weeks and before 24 weeks of pregnancy. Late miscarriages account for 3.41 % of all live births, so these were obtained from multiplying the number of live births by 3.41 %. The number of women with late miscarriages treated at health facility was obtained by multiplying the number of women with late miscarriages as above by the percentage of women who would be treated at a health facility (see description of methodology in text)
  2. bSource: Live births were computed by applying the general fertility rate from the 2009 KDHS to the projected (adjusted) number of women of reproductive age from the 2012 population projections from 2009 census
  3. cThe multiplying factor for the percentage of women with late miscarriages who were treated at heath facilities was estimated from KDHS’s estimated rate of accessing care for 2nd trimester miscarriages