Table 1.

Characteristics of the countries and of the maternity units assessed

	Armenia	Georgia	Latvia	Moldova	Uzbekistan
World Bank classification*	Lower middle income	Upper Middle Income	High income	Lower middle income	Lower middle income
Population (thousands), total†	2969	4358	2060	3514	28 541
GNI per capita, PPP US$†	6990	3280	21 020	3690	1720
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted†	30	67	34	41	28
Neonatal mortality rate†	10	15	5	9	14
Institutional deliveries as % of total deliveries†	99.4	98.3	NA	99.4	97.3
National introductory workshop on NMCR‡	2007		2012	2005	2005
First national technical workshop on NMCR‡	2009	2015	2013	2005	2007
Number of hospital implementing NMCR‡	3	6	2	13	62
Number of hospital assessed	3	6	2	6	6
Type of hospitals	1 Regional, 2 District	2 Regional, 4 District	1 Regional, 1 District	2 Regional, 4 District	3 Regional, 3 District
Number of births/year in the hospital assessed‡	6125	8570	8152	13 311	23 309

*Source: The World Bank, Country and Lending Groups (2014). Historical classification. Available from: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519 (accessed 9 March 2017).

†Source: Unicef Country statistics (http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_countrystats.html) (accessed 7 December 2016).

‡Source: WHO mission reports.

GNI, gross national income; NA, not applicable; NMCR, near-miss case review; PPP, per capita.