Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of all women and women who experienced a near-miss eventin the four study hospitals
| Hospital/Country | Egypt | Lebanon | Palestine | Syria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Galaa Hospital | Rafik Hariri University Hospital | Ramallah Hospital | Dar Al Tawleed Hospital | |||||||||
| All womenb | Women with an MNM | P-value | All women | Women with a MNM | P-valuea | All women | Women with a MNM | P-valuea | All women | Women with a MNM | P-valuea | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age mean (SD) in Years | (NA) | 27.8 (4.6) | 27.7 (6.4) | 30.6 (5.6) | 27.6 (5.8) | 32.4 (8.3) | 25.8 (6.7) | 28.7 (8.5) | 0.045 | |||
| Age | (NA) | 0.718 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||||
| <20 year | (NA) | 0 (0.0) | 95 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | 115 (9.3) | 0 (0.0) | 465 (13.7) | 2 (11.1) | ||||
| 20-35 | (NA) | 31 (96.9) | 915 (77.7) | 4 (80.0) | 992 (80.2) | 8 (50.0) | 2653 (78.2) | 10 (55.6) | ||||
| 36+ | (NA) | 1 (3.1) | 168 (14.3) | 1 (20.0) | 130 (10.5) | 8 (50.0) | 275 (8.1) | 6 (33.3) | ||||
| Marital Status | (NA) | 0.873 | 0.974 | 0.010 | ||||||||
| Married | (NA) | 30 (93.8) | 1175 (99.7) | 5 (100) | 1234 (99.8) | 16 (100) | 3369(0.2) | 17(100) | ||||
| Single/widow/divorced | (NA) | 2 (6.2) | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Years of schoolingc | (NA) | 0.015 | (NA) | 0.244 | ||||||||
| No education | (NA) | (NA) | 12 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | (NA) | (NA) | 166(7.5) | 1(10) | ||||
| Primary (1–6 years) | (NA) | (NA) | 216 (18.3) | 4 (80.0) | (NA) | (NA) | 796(36) | 5(50) | ||||
| Lower secondary (7–9 years) | (NA) | (NA) | 537 (45.6) | 0 (0.0) | (NA) | (NA) | 829(37.4) | 1 (10) | ||||
| Upper secondary (10–12) | (NA) | (NA) | 289 (24.5) | 1 (20.0) | (NA) | (NA) | 290 (13.1) | 3(30) | ||||
| Tertiary (>12 years) | (NA) | (NA) | 124 (10.5) | 0 (0.0) | (NA) | (NA) | 133(6) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Parity | (NA) | 0.444 | 0.001 | 0.447 | ||||||||
| 0 | (NA) | 6 (18.8) | 378 (32.1) | 3 (60.0) | 261 (21.1) | 1 (6.3) | 826(24.1) | 5 (27.8) | ||||
| 1-2 | (NA) | 12 (37.5) | 576 (48.9) | 1 (20.0) | 488 (39.5) | 3 (18.8) | 1519(44.4) | 5 (27.8) | ||||
| 3-4 | (NA) | 13 (40.7) | 170 (14.5) | 1 (20.0) | 313 (25.3) | 5 (31.3) | 773 (22.6) | 5 (27.8) | ||||
| 5 + | (NA) | 1 (3.1) | 53 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 175 (14.1) | 7 (43.8) | 305(8.9) | 3(16.2) | ||||
aAll P-values represent the difference between the two groups of women: MNM and women who are not MNM
bGiven high case load at Al Galaa Hospital in Egypt, it was not possible to collect data on all women
cYears of schooling was not included in the medical records of Al Galaa Hospital
(NA) = Not Applicable