Table 1.
Pakistan (N = 54) |
Mozambique (N = 22) |
Total (N = 76) |
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Maternal age | Median [IQR] | 30 years [25, 32] | 27 years [23,34] | 30 years [25,33] | |||
≥ 35 yrs | 11 | 20% | 5 | 23% | 16 | 21% | |
Maternal education | No schooling (0 yrs) | 45 | 83% | 7 | 32% | 52 | 68% |
Completed primary education (≥ 5 yrs) | 6 | 11% | 12 | 55% | 18 | 24% | |
Other | 3 | 6% | 3 | 14% | 6 | 8% | |
Parity | First pregnancy | 8 | 19% | 6 | 27% | 14 | 18% |
2–3 | 5 | 12% | 4 | 18% | 9 | 12% | |
4–5 | 13 | 31% | 7 | 32% | 20 | 26% | |
≥ 6 | 16 | 38% | 5 | 23% | 21 | 28% | |
Missing | 12b | - | 0 | - | 12 | 16% | |
Timing of death | Antepartum | 11 | 20% | 1 | 5% | 12 | 16% |
Intrapartum | 6 | 11% | 4 | 18% | 10 | 13% | |
Postpartum | 37 | 69% | 16 | 73% | 53 | 70% | |
Unknown | - | - | 1 | 5% | 1 | 1% | |
Timing of postpartum deaths | First 24 h | 23 | 42% | 6c | 38% | 29 | 38% |
25—48 h | 1 | 2% | 1 | 6% | 2 | 3% | |
2—7 days | 2 | 4% | 2 | 13% | 4 | 5% | |
8—42 days | 10 | 19% | 6 | 38% | 16 | 21% | |
Unknown | - | - | 1 | 6% | 1 | 1% | |
Location of death | At home before seeking care | 2 | 4% | 5d | 23% | 11 | 14% |
At home post-discharge | 4 | 7% | |||||
En route | 11 | 20% | 1 | 5% | 12 | 16% | |
At facility | 37 | 69% | 16 | 73% | 53 | 70% |
aData obtained from narratives as shared by family members of the woman who died in Pakistan and from household surveillance data in Mozambique
bDescribed in 42 of 54 narratives, 78%
cAll same day, uncertain if they were postpartum or intrapartum
dTiming is unknown, may or may not be after a facility discharge