Table 4. Severe maternal outcomes and near-miss indicators in eastern Ethiopia, 2017.
| Outcomes | Near-miss indicators | |
|---|---|---|
| SSA | WHO | |
| 1. All live births in the population under surveillance | 7404 | 7404 |
| 2. Severe maternal outcomes (SMO) cases (number) | 622 | 154 |
| Maternal deaths (n) | 28 | 26 |
| Maternal near-miss cases (n) | 594 | 128 |
| 3. Overall near-miss indicators | ||
| Severe maternal outcome ratio (per 1000 live births) | 84 | 20.8 |
| Maternal near-miss ratio (per 1000 live births) | 80.2 | 17.3 |
| Maternal near-miss mortality ratio (MNM:MD) | 21.2 | 4.9 |
| Mortality index (%) | 4.5 | 16.9 |
| 4. Hospital access indicators | ||
| SMO cases presenting the organ dysfunction or maternal death within 12 hours of hospital stay (SM012) (number) | 530 | 127 |
| Proportion of SM012 cases among all SMO cases | 85.2 | 82.5 |
| Proportion of SM012 cases coming from other health facilities | 86.5 | 67.7 |
| SM012 mortality index (%) | 4.9 | 18.9 |
| 5. Intrahospital care | ||
| Intrahospital SMO cases (number) | 92 | 27 |
| Intrahospital SMO rate (per 1000 live births) | 12.4 | 0.4 |
| Intrahospital mortality index (%) | 2.2 | 7.4 |
SMO, severe maternal outcome; MNM, maternal near miss; MD, maternal death; SSA = sub-Saharan Africa; WHO, World Health Organization