Table 1.
Summary of selected characteristics of maternal deaths
| Neither delay II nor delay III | Delay III only | Delay II only | Both delay II and delay III | Missing | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Column N % | ||
| Age recoded | < 20 | 25 | 18.7% | 22 | 16.4% | 46 | 34.3% | 21 | 15.7% | 20 | 14.9% | 134 | 18.8% |
| 20 -- 34 | 90 | 20.4% | 54 | 12.2% | 190 | 43.0% | 56 | 12.7% | 52 | 11.8% | 442 | 62.1% | |
| > 35 | 14 | 15.9% | 17 | 19.3% | 37 | 42.0% | 13 | 14.8% | 7 | 8.0% | 88 | 12.4% | |
| Missing | 3 | 6.3% | 8 | 16.7% | 15 | 31.3% | 9 | 18.8% | 13 | 27.1% | 48 | 6.7% | |
| Parity | Nullipara | 29 | 22.1% | 20 | 15.3% | 37 | 28.2% | 18 | 13.7% | 27 | 20.6% | 131 | 18.4% |
| > 1 | 96 | 19.1% | 76 | 15.1% | 205 | 40.8% | 68 | 13.5% | 57 | 11.4% | 502 | 70.5% | |
| Missing | 7 | 8.9% | 5 | 6.3% | 46 | 58.2% | 13 | 16.5% | 8 | 10.1% | 79 | 11.1% | |
| Previous cesarean | No | 101 | 19.3% | 77 | 14.8% | 207 | 39.7% | 69 | 13.2% | 68 | 13.0% | 522 | 73.3% |
| Yes | 11 | 22.0% | 8 | 16.0% | 21 | 42.0% | 5 | 10.0% | 5 | 10.0% | 50 | 7.0% | |
| Missing | 20 | 14.3% | 16 | 11.4% | 60 | 42.9% | 25 | 17.9% | 19 | 13.6% | 140 | 19.7% | |
| Complication after admission | No | 88 | 15.8% | 67 | 12.0% | 262 | 47.0% | 88 | 15.8% | 53 | 9.5% | 558 | 78.4% |
| Yes | 29 | 39.2% | 21 | 28.4% | 6 | 8.1% | 2 | 2.7% | 16 | 21.6% | 74 | 10.4% | |
| Missing | 15 | 18.8% | 13 | 16.3% | 20 | 25.0% | 9 | 11.3% | 23 | 28.8% | 80 | 11.2% | |
| Referred from another facility | No | 62 | 19.7% | 61 | 19.4% | 113 | 35.9% | 30 | 9.5% | 49 | 15.6% | 315 | 44.2% |
| Yes | 67 | 17.7% | 39 | 10.3% | 171 | 45.2% | 67 | 17.7% | 34 | 9.0% | 378 | 53.1% | |
| Missing | 3 | 15.8% | 1 | 5.3% | 4 | 21.1% | 2 | 10.5% | 9 | 47.4% | 19 | 2.7% | |
| Type of Health facility | Central Hospital | 40 | 19.7% | 13 | 6.4% | 96 | 47.3% | 39 | 19.2% | 15 | 7.4% | 203 | 28.5% |
| Hospital (Prov, Gen. & Dist.) | 64 | 16.6% | 64 | 16.6% | 153 | 39.6% | 48 | 12.4% | 57 | 14.8% | 386 | 54.2% | |
| Health Centers | 28 | 22.8% | 24 | 19.5% | 39 | 31.7% | 12 | 9.8% | 20 | 16.3% | 123 | 17.3% | |
| Moment of death | While pregnant | 31 | 14.2% | 28 | 12.8% | 101 | 46.1% | 32 | 14.6% | 27 | 12.3% | 219 | 30.8% |
| During delivery | 10 | 10.3% | 21 | 21.6% | 26 | 26.8% | 18 | 18.6% | 22 | 22.7% | 97 | 13.6% | |
| Postpartum | 88 | 23.5% | 50 | 13.3% | 154 | 41.1% | 48 | 12.8% | 35 | 9.3% | 375 | 52.7% | |
| Missing | 3 | 14.3% | 2 | 9.5% | 7 | 33.3% | 1 | 4.8% | 8 | 38.1% | 21 | 2.9% | |
| *Cause of death | Direct | 98 | 18.7% | 85 | 16.2% | 200 | 38.1% | 86 | 16.4% | 56 | 10.7% | 525 | 73.7% |
| Indirect | 34 | 18.2% | 16 | 8.6% | 88 | 47.1% | 13 | 7.0% | 36 | 19.3% | 187 | 26.3% | |
| Total | 132 | 18.5% | 101 | 14.2% | 288 | 40.4% | 99 | 13.9% | 92 | 12.9% | 712 | 100.0% | |
*Cause of death: Direct = Maternal death from direct pregnancy related complications; Indirect = Maternal deaths due to non-obstetric causes aggravated by the pregnancy
Prov Province, Gen general, Dist district