TABLE 2. In-hospital delivery-related maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) per 100 000 live births, by province and year of discharge, Ecuador, 2015–2022.
|
Province |
Year |
Totala |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
||
|
Azuay |
0 |
0 |
41.51 |
0 |
7.66 |
0 |
49.07 |
49.71 |
16.22 |
|
Bolívar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cañar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Carchi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cotopaxi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28.47 |
31.20 |
30.43 |
10.17 |
|
Chimborazo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13.76 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.69 |
|
El Oro |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Esmeraldas |
6.65 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Galápagos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
259.07 |
0 |
0 |
34.72 |
|
Guayas |
1.08 |
1.29 |
0 |
20.53 |
5.28 |
17.17 |
4.41 |
6.12 |
6.75 |
|
Imbabura |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12.03 |
62.77 |
0 |
31.59 |
0 |
12.53 |
|
Loja |
0 |
0 |
12.34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.57 |
|
Los Ríos |
5.21 |
0 |
5.42 |
5.41 |
42.96 |
28.87 |
22.34 |
5.70 |
14.59 |
|
Manabí |
7.60 |
9.08 |
0 |
15.11 |
0 |
233.08 |
298.66 |
134.91 |
84.85 |
|
Morona Santiago |
14.42 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18.92 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.73 |
|
Napo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36.39 |
82.75 |
0 |
0 |
13.26 |
|
Orellana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pastaza |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pichincha |
0 |
2.04 |
0 |
6.24 |
8.55 |
2.47 |
17.37 |
5.62 |
4.74 |
|
Santa Elena |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
91.74 |
0 |
0 |
11.04 |
|
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas |
6.97 |
0 |
7.91 |
7.94 |
0 |
9.04 |
0 |
9.18 |
5.15 |
|
Sucumbíos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19.64 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.78 |
|
Tungurahua |
54.90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13.57 |
13.74 |
11.26 |
|
Zamora Chinchipe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Totala |
3.70 |
1.35 |
2.92 |
8.80 |
8.42 |
32.22 |
37.32 |
18.94 |
13.15 |
These rates represent the total number of all in-hospital maternal deaths during each year divided by the total number of live births in Ecuador in that year multiplied by 100 000.
Source: Table prepared by the author based on analyses of data sets from the Statistical Registry of Hospital Beds and Discharges of the Ecuadorian National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (known as INEC).