Table 4.

Pregnancy-related mortality using different adjustment options; option I (No adjustment), option II (Partial adjustment-deaths only) and option III (Full adjustment-both deaths and births)

Option I (No adjustment)						Option II (Partial adjustment)					Option III (Full adjustment)
Zambia total
Age group	Recorded Deaths	Recorded PR Deaths	Recorded Live Births	Crude PRMRatio	Crude PMDF	Adj. Deaths	Adj. PR Deaths	Recorded Live Births	Partially Adj. PRMRatio	Adj. PMDF	Adj. Deaths	Adj. PR Deaths	Adj. Live Births	Adj. PRMRatio	Adj. PMDF
15–19	1834	560	58,999	949	0.31	1953	680	58,999	1152	0.35	1953	680	73,068	930	0.35
20–24	4611	715	128,270	557	0.16	4981	842	128,270	656	0.17	4981	842	159,340	528	0.17
25–29	4969	865	114,701	754	0.17	5320	997	114,701	869	0.19	5320	997	142,723	698	0.19
30–34	5144	753	74,066	1017	0.15	5481	866	74,066	1170	0.16	5481	866	92,116	940	0.16
35–39	4449	466	45,452	1025	0.10	4747	546	45,452	1200	0.11	4747	546	56,339	968	0.11
40–44	3038	227	16,150	1406	0.07	3277	273	16,150	1690	0.08	3277	273	19,939	1369	0.08
45–49	2382	111	4439	2501	0.05	2582	131	4439	2956	0.05	2582	131	5476	2397	0.05
Total	26,427	3697	442,077	836	14.0 %	28,342	4334	442,077	980	15.3 %	28,342	4334	549,000	789	15.3 %
Zambia Rural (Adj. factors: deaths = 1.41; births = 1.22)
15–19	927	404	41,899	964	0.44	1303	568	41,899	1355	0.44	1303	568	50,966	1114	0.44
20–24	2431	478	84,736	564	0.20	3417	672	84,736	793	0.20	3417	672	103,074	652	0.20
25–29	2553	547	72,639	753	0.21	3588	769	72,639	1058	0.21	3588	769	88,359	870	0.21
30–34	2603	474	47,489	998	0.18	3658	666	47,489	1403	0.18	3658	666	57,766	1153	0.18
35–39	2260	307	31,641	970	0.14	3176	431	31,641	1364	0.14	3176	431	38,488	1121	0.14
40–44	1596	160	12,286	1302	0.10	2243	225	12,286	1830	0.10	2243	225	14,945	1505	0.10
45–49	1270	75	3441	2180	0.06	1785	105	3441	3063	0.06	1785	105	4186	2518	0.06
Total	13,640	2445	294,131	831	17.9 %	19,171	3436	294,131	1168	17.9 %	19,171	3436	357,784	960	17.9 %
Zambia Urban (Adj. factors: deaths = 0.72; births = 1.29)
15–19	906	156	17,100	912	0.17	650	112	17,100	654	0.17	650	112	22,101	506	0.17
20–24	2180	237	43,534	544	0.11	1564	170	43,534	390	0.11	1564	170	56,266	302	0.11
25–29	2416	318	42,062	756	0.13	1733	228	42,062	542	0.13	1733	228	54,364	420	0.13
30–34	2541	279	26,577	1050	0.11	1822	200	26,577	753	0.11	1822	200	34,350	583	0.11
35–39	2189	159	13,811	1151	0.07	1570	114	13,811	826	0.07	1570	114	17,850	639	0.07
40–44	1442	67	3864	1734	0.05	1034	48	3864	1244	0.05	1034	48	4994	962	0.05
45–49	1112	36	998	3607	0.03	798	26	998	2587	0.03	798	26	1290	2002	0.03
Total	12,786	1252	147,946	846	9.8 %	9171	898	147,946	607	9.8 %	9171	898	191,216	470	9.8 %