Table 2.
All regions | Latin America & the Caribbeana | Sub-Saharan Africab | Asiac | |||||||||||||||||
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Complications | Deaths | CFR | Complications | Deaths | CFR | Complications | Deaths | Complications | Deaths | CFR | ||||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | CFR | n | % | n | % | ||||
Direct complications/causes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hemorrhage | 183,232 | 26% | 2902 | 33% | 1.6% | 5202 | 11% | 50 | 23% | 1.0% | 149,093 | 28% | 2588 | 33% | 1.7% | 28,937 | 26% | 264 | 42% | 0.9% |
Hypertensive disease | 71,658 | 10% | 1689 | 19% | 2.4% | 9441 | 19% | 90 | 41% | 1.0% | 47,993 | 9% | 1470 | 19% | 3.1% | 14,224 | 13% | 129 | 21% | 0.9% |
Abortion | 65,594 | 9% | 653 | 8% | 1.0% | 3837 | 8% | 20 | 9% | 0.5% | 42,548 | 8% | 598 | 8% | 1.4% | 19,209 | 17% | 35 | 6% | 0.2% |
Postpartum sepsis | 16,363 | 2% | 815 | 9% | 5.0% | 969 | 2% | 11 | 5% | 1.1% | 13,994 | 3% | 793 | 10% | 5.7% | 1400 | 1% | 11 | 2% | 0.8% |
Obstr/prolong labor | 154,648 | 22% | 773 | 9% | 0.5% | 6037 | 12% | 7 | 3% | 0.1% | 128,099 | 24% | 722 | 9% | 0.6% | 20,512 | 18% | 44 | 7% | 0.2% |
Ectopic pregnancy | 13,732 | 2% | 211 | 2% | 1.5% | 727 | 1% | 6 | 3% | 0.8% | 10,756 | 2% | 200 | 3% | 1.9% | 2249 | 2% | 5 | 1% | 0.2% |
Ruptured uterus | 8727 | 1% | 719 | 8% | 8.2% | 122 | 0.2% | 3 | 1% | 2.5% | 7786 | 1% | 695 | 9% | 8.9% | 819 | 1% | 21 | 3% | 2.6% |
Other | 185,241 | 26% | 929 | 11% | 0.5% | 22,639 | 46% | 30 | 14% | 0.1% | 136,907 | 25% | 786 | 10% | 0.6% | 25,695 | 23% | 113 | 18% | 0.4% |
Total | 699,195 | 100% | 8691 | 100% | 1.2% | 48,974 | 100% | 217 | 100% | 0.4% | 537,176 | 100% | 7852 | 100% | 1.5% | 113,045 | 100% | 622 | 100% | 0.6% |
Direct causes | 8691 | 63% | 217 | 82% | 7852 | 61% | 622 | 89% | ||||||||||||
Indirect causes | 4660 | 34% | 33 | 13% | 4556 | 35% | 71 | 10% | ||||||||||||
Unspecified causes | 539 | 4% | 12 | 5% | 518 | 4% | 9 | 1% | ||||||||||||
TOTAL | 13,890 | 100% | 262 | 100% | 12,926 | 100% | 702 | 100% |
Note: CFR Case fatality rate; “other” direct complications included premature rupture of membranes, malpresentation, preterm labor, post-term labor, previous cesarean delivery, cord prolapse, multiple gestations and others. “Other” direct deaths include embolism, anesthesia complications, and others
aIncludes Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua and Panama
bIncludes Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Zambia, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, São Tomé & Príncipe, Lesotho and Namibia
cIncludes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Mongolia