Knowledge about Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers of Mechekel District Health Centers, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Table 2

Obstetric characteristic of postnatal mothers () of Mechekel district health centers, East Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables category	Frequency	Percentage
Gravidity
One	176	43.5
Two–four	196	48.4
Five and above	33	8.1
Parity
One	219	54.1
Two–four	168	41.5
Five and above	18	4.4
ANC during last pregnancy
Yes	358	88.4
No	47	11.6
Place of ANC
Government hospital/HC	306	85.5
Private hospital/clinic	52	14.5
Gestational age started ANC
Within 4th month and before	178	49.7
Within 4th-5th month	67	18.4
Within 6th-7th month	33	9.2
Within 8th month and after	8	2.2
Do not know	73	20.4
Number of ANC visits
One time	36	10.1
Two times	75	20.9
Three times	92	25.7
Four or more	155	43.3
Place of last delivery
Home	141	34.8
Health institution	264	65.2
Mode of last delivery
Spontaneous vaginal delivery	297	73.3
Cesarean delivery	23	5.7
Assisted vaginal delivery	79	19.5
Others	6	1.5
Condition of neonate at birth
Normal/alive	334	82.5
Abnormal/diseased	54	13.3
Dead	17	4.2
Experience of obstetric complications
Yes	140	34.6
No	265	65.4
Type of complications they had faced
Hemorrhage	51	12.6
PIH	31	7.7
Sepsis	12	3.0
Obstructed labour	56	13.8
Abortion	35	8.6
Others	32	7.9