Table 1.

Age comparison of maternal deaths between ZDHS 2007 and IMDA pilot

	National (2001-7 ZDHS)		IMDA (2006)
Age Group	Annual average	% maternal deaths	IMDA (2006)	% maternal deaths
15-19	4.8	5%	6	12%
20-24	13.7	13%	8	16%
25-29	23.4	22%	14	29%
30-34	32.2	30%	15	31%
35-39	20.9	20%	5	10%
40-44	7.3	7%	1	2%
45-49	3.4	3%	0	0%
15-49	105.8	100%	49	100%
no date of birth			7
Total	105.8		56

The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental cause [4]