Table 1 Summary statistics of surveyed women who have reported at least one successful pregnancy before or after the pregnancy loss, and have experienced flood exposure one or more times during their previous gestation periods
From: Flood exposure and pregnancy loss in 33 developing countries
Total (n = 35,181) | Pregnancy loss (n = 69,480) | Successful delivery (n = 194,409) | |
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Region | |||
Central American and Caribbean | 3335 | 6592 | 17,468 |
South America | 4206 | 8747 | 21,990 |
North Africa | 235 | 679 | 2642 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 9212 | 19,282 | 67,670 |
Southern Africa | 864 | 2615 | 9863 |
South Asia | 16,653 | 30,130 | 69,984 |
West Asia | 676 | 1435 | 4792 |
Wealth | |||
Poorest | 6991 | 13,489 | 46,503 |
Poorer | 7501 | 14,809 | 45,255 |
Middle | 7280 | 14,689 | 40,201 |
Richer | 6874 | 13,711 | 34,379 |
Richest | 6535 | 12,782 | 28,071 |
Education | |||
Primary or on education | 18,332 | 35,235 | 124,125 |
Secondary | 13,273 | 26,789 | 56,858 |
Higher | 3576 | 7456 | 13,426 |
Location | |||
Rural | 21,003 | 40,978 | 123,666 |
Urban | 14,178 | 28,502 | 70,743 |
Water Source | |||
Surface water | 14,363 | 26,631 | 67,308 |
Intermediate | 14,170 | 28,838 | 86,714 |
Piped/Tap | 3230 | 6458 | 22,333 |
Other | 3246 | 6949 | 16,423 |
Unknown | 9 | 13 | 22 |
Floor Material | |||
Natural | 13,141 | 26,816 | 86,271 |
Rudimentary | 2,759 | 4620 | 11,514 |
Finished | 19,199 | 37,850 | 95,790 |
Unknown | 75 | 167 | 738 |
Mother’s age at birth | 24 (20, 29) | 26 (22,32) | 23 (20, 27) |
Other environmental conditiona | |||
Average temperature during pregnancy (°C) | 25.74 (22.04, 28.47) | 25.38 (21.55, 28.24) | 25.85 (22.21, 28.55) |
Average cumulative precipitation during pregnancy (units: m)b | 114.70 (20.23, 396.89) | 93.16 (18.19, 369.68) | 122.80 (21.04, 405.82) |