Table 2. Mortality rate in the first year postpartum by maternal HIV status at delivery and mobility patterns.
| HIV-Negative | HIV-Positive | Unknown HIV Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Deaths | PY | Rate per 1,000 PY* (95% CI) | No. Deaths | PY | Rate per 1,000 PY* (95% CI) | No. Deaths | PY | Rate per 1,000 PY* (95% CI) | |
| Method 1* | |||||||||
| Resided within DSA | 5 | 8,473 | 0.6 (0.2–1.4) | 18 | 2,389 | 7.5 (4.7–12.0) | 100 | 8,094 | 12.4 (10.2–15.0) |
| Resided outside DSA | 0 | 531 | 0 | 4 | 228 | 17.5 (6.6–46.7) | 46 | 3,073 | 15.0 (11.2–20.0) |
| Migration and delivery within DSA | 0 | 1,247 | 0 | 3 | 386 | 7.8 (2.5–24.1) | 20 | 2,613 | 7.7 (4.9–11.9) |
| Migration and delivery outside DSA | 0 | 647 | 0 | 5 | 222 | 22.6 (9.4–54.2) | 14 | 1,769 | 7.9 (4.7–13.4) |
| Method 2§ | |||||||||
| Resided within DSA | 46 | 16,536 | 2.7 (2.0–3.6) | 77 | 2,418 | 31.8 (25.5–39.8) | |||
| Resided outside DSA | 23 | 3,595 | 6.4 (4.3–9.6) | 27 | 237 | 113.9 (78.1–166.0) | |||
| Migration and delivery within DSA | 6 | 3,852 | 1.6 (0.7–3.5) | 17 | 393 | 43.2 (26.9–69.5) | |||
| Migration and delivery outside DSA | 2 | 2,408 | 0.8 (0.2–3.3) | 17 | 230 | 73.9 (46.0–118.9) | |||
*Women were stratified by their HIV status at the time of delivery.
§Women with unknown HIV status whose death were attributable to AIDS or TB were considered as HIV-positive and the rest of mothers with unknown HIV status as HIV-negative.
Abbreviations: DSA, demographic surveillance area; PY, person-years