Table 3.

MNM indices among clients admitted to JTH, May–August, 2016

	Morbidity- based	Organ failure- based*	Maternal death	Live births	IUFD	Stillbirths
Total NM cases (n)	94	31	10	993	22	23
MNMR (MNMs/LBs) (%)	9.47%	3.12%
WLTCs (MNMs + MDs) (ratio)	10.4	41
SMOR** (n)	10.47	41.3
Mortality index (MDs/MNMs + MDs)# (n)	9.62	24.4
MNM mortality ratio (MNMs:MDs)## (n)	10.04	4.1
MMR (MD/LBs) (n)	1,007.05
Stillbirth rate					45.3 per 1,000 LBs

Notes:

^*Only clinical criteria were used;

^**only laparotomy and fistula combined were considered;

^#the higher the index, the more women with life-threatening conditions die (low quality of care), whereas the lower the index, the fewer women with life-threatening conditions die (better quality of care);

^##higher ratios indicate better care.

Abbreviations: MNM, maternal near-miss; JTH, Juba Teaching Hospital; MNMR, MNM ratio; LBs, live births; WLTCs, women with life-threatening conditions; MD, maternal death; SMOR, severe maternal outcome ratio; MMR, maternal mortality ratio; IUFD, intrauterine fetal death; NM, near-miss.