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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Popul Res (Canberra). 2010 Sep 21;8(1):89–101. doi: 10.1007/s12546-010-9037-y

Table 5.

Comparison of correlation coefficients between maternal mortality level and selected indicators at provincial level, South Africa

Indicator CS-2007 Census-2001
Crude death rate +0.754 +0.892
Violence death rate +0.664 +0.798
HIV seroprevalence +0.592 +0.730
Household size +0.308 +0.368
Birth rate +0.240 +0.240
Urbanization −0.254 −0.315
Education −0.396 −0.400
Average income −0.458 −0.495
Average wealth −0.638 −0.490
Proportion of deliveries in institutions NA +0.293