Table 1.

Percentage distribution of maternal, late maternal and non-maternal deaths of women aged 15–49 years by socio-demographic characteristics: Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Korogocho and Viwandani, 2003–2005

	Maternal and late maternal deaths		Non-maternal female deaths
Characteristic	Maternal deaths	Late maternal deaths
	N = 29	N = 22	N = 238
Age category
< 20 yrs	6.9	18.2	1.7
20–29 yrs	58.6	50.0	31.1
30–39 yrs	34.5	22.7	44.5
40–49 yrs	0.0	9.1	22.7
Residence
Korogocho	69.0	40.9	65.1
Viwandani	31.0	59.1	34.9
Ethnicity
Kikuyu	27.6	31.8	35.7
Luo	34.5	22.7	32.8
Kamba	17.2	22.7	12.2
Luhya	13.8	22.7	12.6
Others	6.9	0.0	6.7
Education
No education	6.9	4.6	10.5
Primary	82.8	81.8	67.2
Secondary	10.3	13.6	22.3