Table 2.
Age Distribution of Pregnancy-Related Deaths at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Mortuary, Accra, Ghana, 2004 – 2008
| Age Group |
15–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45–49 | TOTAL | % | Coroner N (%) |
Hospital N (%) |
| H'rrhage | 4 | 21 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 21.8 | 119(23.0) | 19(16.2) |
| AB | 23 | 44 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 20.7 | 119(23.0) | 8(6.8) |
| HPT | 5 | 19 | 37 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 123 | 19.4 | 92(17.8) | 34(29.1) |
| EG | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 8.68 | 54(10.4) | 1(0.9) |
| UR | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4.25 | 26(5.0) | 1(0.9) |
| INF | 4 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 9.15 | 33(6.4) | 25(21.4) |
| AP | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.84 | 16(3.1) | 2(1.7) |
| SCD | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.68 | 9(1.7) | 8(6.8) |
| GTS | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.52 | 13(2.5) | 3(2.6) |
| IOC | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2.20 | 12(2.3) | 2(1.7) |
| DIC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.26 | 6(1.2) | 2(1.7) |
| PE | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.59 | 10(1.9) | 2(1.7) |
| OTHERS | I | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3.00 | 8(1.5) | 9(7.7) |
| TOTAL | 43 | 143 | 164 | 160 | 97 | 24 | 3 | 634 | 100.0 | 517(100) | 117(100) |
| Percentage | 6.78 | 22.56 | 25.86 | 25.24 | 15.3 | 3.79 | 0.47 | 100.00 |
KEY
H'rrhage=Haemorrhage, HTP= Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. AB= Abortion
DIC =Disseminated intravascular coagulation, UR=Uterine rupture, PE=Pulmonary embolism. SCD= Sickle cell disease, AP=Anaemia in pregnancy, INF=Infections EG=Ectopic gestation, GTS=Genital tract sepsis, IOC=Intra-operative complications Others (systemic congestion)