Table 5.

Comparison of key obstetric complications (facility based) by year

		Intervention districts N=8			Control districts N=6*
Variable and year	Births n=	Events n=	Rate†	Births n=	Events n=	rate†
Prolonged labour (PL) and PL rate per 1000 births
2011*	147 287	2864	19.5	73 465	2627	35.8
2012	148 984	2931	19.7	78 845	2690	34.2
2013	155 425	5098	32.8	79 437	3132	39.4
(Pre-)eclampsia (pE) and pE rate per 1000 births
2011*	147 287	593	4.0	73 465	406	5.5
2012	148 984	947	6.4	78 845	462	5.9
2013	155 425	895	5.8	79 437	484	6.1
Sepsis (maternal) (Sm) and Sm rate per 1000 births
2011*	147 287	153	1.0	73 465	91	1.2
2012	148 984	209	1.4	78 845	92	1.2
2013	155 425	198	1.27	79 437	69	0.9
Ruptured uterus (RU) and RU rate per 1000 births
2011*	147 287	143	1.0	73 465	97	1.3
2012	148 984	127	0.9	78 845	97	1.2
2013	155 425	216	1.4	79 437	75	1.0
Haemorrhage (H) and H rate per 1000 births
2011*	147 287	1705	11.6	73 465	1125	15.3
2012	148 984	2821	19.0	78 845	1518	19.3
2013	155 425	2291	15.8	79 437	1404	18.7

*Missing data from one control district for the whole of 2011.

†Rates are calculated as number of events divided by total births, multiplied by 1000.