Characteristics and Indications of Legal Abortion among the Pregnant Women in Lorestan Province of Iran during 2017–2019
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the mothers and event rates of the cities.
City
Frequency
Percentage
Event rate (95% CI)1
Event rate ratio (P)2
Characteristics
Frequency
Percentage
Khorramabad
101
33.1
2.705 (2.202–3.287)
Reference
Residency
Borujerd
51
16.7
2.237 (1.666–2.941)
0.827 (0.269)
Urban
241
79.0
Doroud
46
15.1
4.086 (2.990–5.447)
1.511 (0.024)
Rural
64
21.0
Kuhdasht
33
10.8
3.704 (2.550–5.202)
1.369 (0.124)
Overall
305
100
Nourabad
23
7.5
3.619 (2.294–5.431)
1.338 (0.215)
Mother education
Poldokhtar
16
5.2
6.072 (3.470–9.860)
2.245 (0.006)
Illiterate
27
8.9
Roumeshkan
8
2.6
3.470 (1.498–6.838)
1.283 (0.485)
Elementary school
41
13.4
Azna
7
2.3
1.474 (0.593–3.037)
0.545 (0.103)
Guidance school
67
22.0
Chegeni
5
1.6
1.197 (0.389–2.794)
0.443 (0.053)
High school (diploma)
101
33.1
Aleshtar
5
1.6
1.490 (0.484–3.477)
0.551 (0.178)
Postdiploma
15
4.9
Aligoudarz
4
1.3
0.448 (0.122–1.470)
0.166 (0.000)
Bachelor
39
12.8
Zagheh
3
1.0
10.81 (2.229–31.58)
3.997 (0.049)
Master
15
4.9
Beiranshahr
2
0.7
11.63 (1.408–42.00)
4.391 (0.094)
Doctorate
0
0
Papi
1
0.3
Overall
305
100
Overall
305
100
1.732 (1.543–1.938)
Mother job
Housewife
109
84.5
Clerk
15
11.6
Self-employed
4
3.1
Student
1
0.8
Overall
129
100
(1) Based on the population of the cities using Poisson 95% CI (×10−4); (2) two-tailed probability of k ≥ (or ≤) count (Khorramabad is the reference as the center of the province). Significant at .
