Table 3.
Average perinatal death rates and direct obstetric complication rates for selected health facility characteristics, by facility type
| Perinatal deaths per 100 deliveries | Direct complications per 100 deliveries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Centers | Hospitals | Health Centers | Hospitals | |||||
| mean | n | mean | N | mean | N | mean | n | |
| Total | 1.1 | 3446 | 4.5 | 294 | 4.8 | 3446 | 19.2 | 294 |
| Maternity waiting home | ||||||||
| No | 1.1 | 1510 | 4.6 | 239 | 5.8 | 1510 | 21.1 | 239 |
| Yes | 1.1 | 1936 | 4.1 | 55 | 3.9 | 1936 | 10.9 | 55 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Urban (Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harari) | 0.6 | 126 | 2.4 | 58 | 28.7 | 126 | 23.4 | 58 |
| Agrarian (Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Tigray) | 1.0 | 3051 | 5.0 | 215 | 3.8 | 3051 | 18.1 | 215 |
| Pastoralist (Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Afar, Somali) | 2.2 | 269 | 5.5 | 21 | 4.7 | 269 | 18.7 | 21 |
| Managing authority | ||||||||
| Public | 1.1 | 3384 | 5.3 | 218 | 4.7 | 3384 | 17.1 | 218 |
| Private, for-profit | 1.2 | 22 | 1.9 | 57 | 8.7 | 22 | 29.1 | 57 |
| Private, not-for-profit | 0.9 | 40 | 3.2 | 19 | 11.0 | 40 | 13.9 | 19 |
| Location | ||||||||
| Urban | 1.2 | 1199 | 4.5 | 271 | 8.1 | 1199 | 19.9 | 271 |
| Rural | 1.0 | 2247 | 4.6 | 23 | 3.0 | 2247 | 11.5 | 23 |
| EmONC status | ||||||||
| Fully EmONC | 1.3 | 185 | 5.6 | 179 | 7.8 | 185 | 18.2 | 179 |
| Missing 1 or 2 SFs | 1.2 | 1100 | 3.3 | 81 | 5.5 | 1100 | 19.2 | 81 |
| Missing ≥3 SFs | 1.0 | 2161 | 1.7 | 34 | 4.1 | 2161 | 24.2 | 34 |
| EmONC readiness | ||||||||
| Fully EmONC ready | 1.8 | 34 | 4.5 | 39 | 12.3 | 34 | 24.0 | 39 |
| Not ready for 1 or 2 SFs | 1.2 | 1865 | 4.9 | 196 | 6.0 | 1865 | 18.6 | 196 |
| Not ready for ≥3 SFs | 0.9 | 1547 | 3.2 | 59 | 3.1 | 1547 | 17.9 | 59 |
| Motor vehicle transport | ||||||||
| No | 1.0 | 2434 | 2.6 | 42 | 4.5 | 2434 | 12.3 | 42 |
| Yes | 1.3 | 1012 | 4.8 | 252 | 5.4 | 1012 | 20.3 | 252 |
| SBAs per 100 deliveries | ||||||||
| < 1 | 0.5 | 199 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.9 | 199 | 17.6 | 4 |
| 1 to 2 | 0.7 | 878 | 2.2 | 15 | 2.1 | 878 | 12.8 | 15 |
| 2 to 3 | 0.9 | 687 | 2.8 | 20 | 3.4 | 687 | 15.3 | 20 |
| 3 to 4 | 1.1 | 430 | 3.9 | 24 | 4.8 | 430 | 10.5 | 24 |
| 4 to 5 | 1.5 | 274 | 5.7 | 33 | 5.7 | 274 | 18.5 | 33 |
| 5 to 6 | 1.6 | 175 | 6.4 | 24 | 6.9 | 175 | 19.0 | 24 |
| 6 to 7 | 1.7 | 114 | 4.5 | 21 | 6.7 | 114 | 17.7 | 21 |
| 7 to 8 | 1.4 | 81 | 5.8 | 12 | 6.7 | 81 | 16.9 | 12 |
| 9 to 10 | 1.5 | 70 | 5.5 | 18 | 9.0 | 70 | 14.6 | 18 |
| > 10 | 1.7 | 429 | 4.5 | 118 | 12.0 | 429 | 23.8 | 118 |
| Annual deliveries | ||||||||
| Lowest quartile (≤ 196 per year) | 1.6 | 826 | 3.4 | 64 | 7.2 | 826 | 23.3 | 64 |
| Lower middle quartile (197–386 per year) | 1.1 | 925 | 4.2 | 26 | 5.3 | 925 | 23.6 | 26 |
| Upper middle quartile (387–651 per year) | 0.9 | 913 | 3.3 | 39 | 3.7 | 913 | 17.3 | 39 |
| Highest quartile (≥652 per year) | 0.6 | 782 | 5.2 | 165 | 2.8 | 782 | 17.4 | 165 |