Table 3.

Percentage distribution of maternal, late maternal deaths and women who got a pregnancy outcome but did not die by selected variables: Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Korogocho and Viwandani, 2003–2005

	Maternal and late maternal deaths		Women who had a pregnancy outcome (2003–2005) and did not die.
Characteristic	Maternal deaths	Late maternal deaths
	N = 29	N = 22	N = 4835
Delivered by health professional
No	79.3	68.2	33.1
Yes	20.7	31.8	66.9
Place of delivery
Outside of health care facility	86.2	90.9	35.3
Health care facility	13.8	9.1	64.7
Outcome of pregnancy
Abortion/still birth	69.0	13.6	1.3
Live birth	31.0	86.4	98.7
Place of death
Outside health care facility	37.9	68.2	-
Health care facility	62.1	31.8	-
Sought care before death
No	13.8	4.6	-
Yes	86.2	95.5	-