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Table 9.4 Knowledge of symptoms of pregnancy complications Among women receiving antenatal care ANC for the most recent live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey, the percentage with knowledge of
symptoms during pregnancy indicating the need to seek immediate care, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Among women who received antenatal care for their most recent birth in the past five years, the percentage with specific
knowledge regarding:
Background characteristic
Vaginal bleeding
Severe lower
abdomina l pain
Severe headache
Con- vulsions
Blurred vision
Swelling in face
Swelling in hands
and feet Other
Dont know
Missing Number
of women with ANC
for their most
recent birth
Mothers age at birth
20 62.6
46.1 40.4
22.6 17.6
21.7 22.4
3.6 8.7
0.9 1,366
20-34 57.4
51.8 40.1
25.4 21.2
24.7 24.2
2.9 6.4
0.8 8,745
35-49 57.2
51.4 40.0
24.2 20.2
23.6 23.9
1.9 6.4
0.7 2,030
Birth order
1 60.2
49.2 39.9
22.6 20.3
24.9 24.1
3.3 8.9
0.5 2,113
2-3 56.4
50.3 40.8
27.6 21.1
23.9 25.4
3.4 6.6
0.9 3,908
4-5 60.3
51.9 39.9
24.0 20.4
24.2 22.8
2.5 6.0
0.6 2,826
6+ 56.4
52.6 39.7
23.9 20.6
24.0 23.0
2.1 5.9
1.2 3,294
Residence
Urban 55.7
52.6 43.0
23.3 23.5
31.9 29.3
4.1 8.4
0.3 3,306
Rural 58.8
50.5 39.1
25.5 19.6
21.3 21.9
2.3 6.0
1.0 8,834
Province
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Kabul 52.8
51.7 48.3
24.7 25.0
29.2 30.8
4.0 6.4
0.0 1,608
Kapisa 67.6
23.0 30.8
41.4 1.6
2.0 2.5
18.0 12.8
0.6 99
Parwan 58.5
42.9 20.8
13.0 9.4
8.8 4.9
11.5 19.4
0.9 382
Wardak 57.2
53.1 40.9
8.4 9.0
23.0 20.1
0.3 11.6
0.1 170
Logar 75.8
25.3 23.1
4.0 6.2
34.8 57.1
0.8 9.6
0.0 206
Nangarhar 52.4
60.3 21.3
5.4 4.9
32.5 13.9
3.6 5.9
0.5 449
Laghman 38.5
59.4 53.3
38.7 27.3
37.5 20.6
1.7 1.9
0.1 335
Panjsher 61.1
45.3 37.9
24.5 33.0
64.2 60.9
4.5 0.4
0.2 18
Baghlan 27.6
27.6 18.6
8.8 8.0
24.9 17.9
5.6 15.4
1.9 283
Bamyan 51.4
46.7 44.9
27.5 28.0
25.4 22.9
2.7 1.2
0.0 150
Ghazni 60.6
49.2 50.6
53.5 47.6
48.6 30.3
0.1 14.1
0.0 231
Paktika 57.1
44.8 18.4
12.0 14.4
11.1 4.7
0.3 4.6
0.0 205
Paktya 67.1
29.8 8.5
6.2 0.9
2.5 3.4
0.4 22.2
0.9 211
Khost 40.2
59.7 27.6
15.8 9.4
18.8 4.0
0.0 16.9
1.3 419
Kunarha 30.3
58.5 13.4
5.9 3.7
23.5 42.8
0.1 19.7
0.6 70
Nooristan 74.3
87.1 23.6
27.5 6.4
19.8 16.7
1.6 0.0
3.8 20
Badakhshan 74.0
73.4 42.4
35.8 27.2
36.7 34.6
0.0 1.5
0.6 253
Takhar 52.2
54.9 32.9
30.6 9.9
15.8 10.1
7.0 4.8
0.2 490
Kunduz 94.8
90.3 81.9
72.2 52.6
39.0 33.3
0.0 1.0
0.2 578
Samangan 22.8
39.9 25.0
13.3 8.1
23.4 34.4
0.0 0.4
38.3 109
Balkh 86.2
60.6 56.3
17.3 41.7
31.5 25.8
4.4 1.0
0.0 1,053
Sar-E-Pul 86.6
76.5 50.1
39.9 38.3
45.1 53.4
1.7 0.6
0.2 289
Ghor 80.6
75.4 57.8
40.9 18.1
12.4 11.4
0.4 1.2
0.0 323
Daykundi 49.8
43.7 37.4
11.0 1.6
0.5 8.4
3.9 1.9
0.0 94
Urozgan 41.1
69.4 56.3
25.4 4.4
16.3 5.8
0.0 2.2
2.8 39
Kandahar 51.7
33.7 18.8
7.9 5.0
34.3 33.6
0.6 19.8
1.9 797
Jawzjan 42.9
64.7 66.3
46.1 27.9
14.1 12.2
8.0 19.0
0.0 216
Faryab 30.1
41.5 37.7
24.2 10.4
10.5 21.7
3.2 0.6
0.3 1,160
Helmand 94.9
95.6 92.9
87.1 82.1
58.7 35.8
0.0 0.8
0.7 178
Badghis 70.2
52.2 46.0
36.0 42.1
26.6 59.6
2.4 8.9
5.7 122
Herat 57.7
33.6 32.0
17.1 13.4
11.2 21.3
0.2 3.1
0.1 1,291
Farah 53.7
31.6 20.6
30.6 15.7
19.7 32.6
3.2 7.7
0.2 215
Nimroz 59.7
29.0 9.1
0.8 4.1
6.2 4.7
9.6 3.2
3.0 74
Education
No education 57.1
50.6 38.8
24.1 20.2
23.4 22.7
2.3 7.4
0.9 9,491
Primary 64.9
53.1 41.3
29.3 21.8
27.7 26.9
3.1 4.7
0.6 1,176
Secondary 57.5
51.3 46.0
24.7 22.0
27.3 27.7
7.4 3.1
0.3 1,167
More than secondary 60.2
59.2 54.0
34.5 26.4
23.2 34.8
1.3 4.9
0.0 306
Wealth quintile
Lowest 66.3
53.6 43.1
25.4 21.5
19.4 20.4
1.3 3.2
1.7 2,162
Second 61.9
53.6 40.8
27.5 24.3
22.0 21.9
2.6 4.6
0.4 2,190
Middle 55.7
49.3 35.2
26.7 17.7
23.0 20.7
2.7 8.2
1.1 2,315
Fourth 53.5
46.9 39.4
24.0 17.8
25.0 24.9
3.1 8.1
0.8 2,650
Highest 54.5
52.6 42.0
21.9 22.3
29.8 29.9
3.9 8.4
0.2 2,823
Total 58.0
51.1 40.1
24.9 20.7
24.2 23.9
2.8 6.7
0.8 12,141
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Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.
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