Table 2 Per cent distribution of number of ANC visits and median number of visits for the most recent live birth or stillbirth in the five years preceding the survey

Birth outcome

 Live birth

3.2

3.4

16

77

0.5

100

5.9

4,847

 Stillbirth

10.2

9.7

13.8

63.3

3.1

100

5.6

81

Age of mother at birth

 <20

3

3.9

20.9

71.7

0.5

100

5.2

534

 20–34

3

3

14.9

78.5

0.5

100

6.1

3,391

 35–49

4.4

4.8

16.6

73.3

0.8

100

5.7

1,003

Birth order

 1

1.2

2.9

14

81.5

0.4

100

6.2

1,051

 2–3

2.7

2.9

14.2

79.6

0.5

100

6.1

1,769

 4–5

2.9

3.4

16.2

76.8

0.6

100

6 5

1,161

 6+

7.3

5.1

20.8

66

0.8

100

2

948

Residence

 Rural

4.6

4.5

20.3

70.3

0.4

100

5.3

3

 Urban

0.9

1.5

7.5

89.1

1

100

7.3

1

Education

 None

6.3

5.2

19.2

68.6

0.8

100

5.3

1,678

 Primary

2.8

4.4

21.1

70.5

1.1

100

5.4

1,102

 Middle/JSS

1.4

1.7

11.8

85

0.1

100

6.5

1,797

 Secondary+

0.5

1

5.2

92.9

0.4

100

7.9

350

Region

 Ashanti

1.9

3.1

11.5

83.2

0.3

100

6.6

922

 Brong Ahafo

2

4.3

15.8

77.7

0.1

100

5.9

564

 Central

2.2

3.1

10.1

84.3

0.2

100

6.2

479

 Eastern

2.7

4.3

20.1

72.8

0.1

100

5.6

567

 Greater Accra

3.2

1.9

12.2

80.9

1.7

100

7.5

470

 Northern

8.2

4.7

14.8

71.6

0.8

100

5.5

699

 Volta

3.5

5.9

29.9

60.6

0.1

100

4.8

451

 Upper East

1.3

0

10.6

87.6

0.6

100

5.8

225

 Upper West

5.7

2.1

20

68.9

3.5

100

5.9

152

 Western

2.5

1.5

19.3

76.1

0.5

100

5.5

400

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

6.9

7.2

23.6

61.9

0.5

100

4.9

1,074

 Second

5

4.3

20.8

69.4

0.5

100

5.2

1,061

 Middle

1.8

2.6

18.7

76.7

0.2

100

5.5

975

 Fourth

1.5

1.4

9.9

86.5

0.5

100

6.7

983

 Highest

0.6

0.9

3.7

93.7

1.1

100

8.3

835

Total

3.3

5.3

15.9

76.7

0.6

100

5.9

4,928