Table 2b:

Primary and contributing causes of maternal near-misses overall and by study site

	Study sites			Overall
	I (N=79) N (%)	II (N=120) N (%)	III (N=89) N (%)	(N=288) N (%)
Primary Causes
Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia	38 (48.1)	9 (7.5)	63 (70.8)	110 (38.2)
Hemmorhage	8 (10.1)	22 (18.3)	5 (5.6)	35 (12.1)
Ruptured Uterus	5 (6.3)	5 (4.2)	2 (2.3)	12 (4.2)
Sepsis	6 (7.6)	3 (2.5)	1 (1.2)	10 (3.8)
Underlying or contributing causes
Anemia	45 (56.9)	15 (12.5)	21 (23.6)	81 (28.1)
Hypertensive disorders	9 (11.4)	8 (6.7)	61 (68.5)	78 (27.1)
Infection during pregnancy	45 (57.0)	1 (0.8)	3 (3.4)	49 (17.0)
Obstructed labor	13 (16.5)	19 (15.8)	7 (7.9)	39 (13.5)
Other obstetric complications	2(2.5)	4 (3.3)	35 (39.3)	41 (14.2)