Table 4.

Comparison of risk factors between 2001 Census and 2007 Community Survey, South Africa.

		Community Survey 2007		Census 2001
Variable	Category	Nb deaths	RR	Nb deaths	RR
	Total	168	1.00	508	1.00
Residence	Urban	69	0.77	249	0.92
	Rural	99	1.27	259	1.10
Province	Western Cape	4	0.25	22	0.44
	Eastern Cape	47	1.76	88	1.29
	Northern Cape	5	0.73	7	0.75
	Free State	11	1.23	34	1.19
	Kwazulu Natal	46	1.30	152	1.40
	North-West	13	0.91	57	1.36
	Gauteng	23	0.79	70	0.72
	Mpumalanga	7	0.59	37	0.94
	Limpopo	12	0.63	41	0.63
Race	Black/African	161	1.12	478	1.11
	Coloured	7	0.44	24	0.52
	Indian/Asian	0	0.00	3	0.36
	White/European	0	0.00	3	0.12
Education	0–4 years	79	1.42	52	1.63
	5–8 years	44	1.00	121	1.37
	9–11 years	31	0.85	183	1.09
	12+ years	11	0.37	152	0.69
Income	None	15	1.26	142	1.18
	< 2400 Rd	43	0.91	181	1.07
	< 4800 Rd	54	1.10	96	1.22
	< 9600 Rd	34	1.18	52	0.87
	< 28800 Rd	20	1.01	25	0.52
	> 28800 Rd	2	0.18	12	0.38
Wealth	0	5	1.88	12	1.63
	1	9	1.23	23	0.95
	2	11	0.96	37	0.97
	3	17	1.32	38	0.90
	4	14	1.22	51	1.22
	5	16	1.39	46	1.18
	6	18	1.53	49	1.36
	7	13	1.05	43	1.26
	8	18	1.39	40	1.19
	9	8	0.58	41	1.20
	10	16	1.05	29	0.87
	11	7	0.39	29	0.82
	12	11	0.74	36	0.92
	13	5	0.79	23	0.64
	14	0	0.00	10	0.45
	15	0	0.00	1	0.09

Note: Risk ratios (RR) are computed as the ratio of the maternal mortality in a category to the national average, for each survey.