Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with potentially life-threatening conditions, maternal near-miss events, and maternal death, Kenya 2018.

Characteristics of respondentsa	Potentially life-threatening conditions (PLTC)b		Maternal near-miss (MNM)		Maternal death (MD)c
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age
15–19	269	14	105	8	–	–
20–24	436	22	367	29	3	7
25–29	465	24	359	28	18	43
30–34	458	23	252	20	15	35
35+	344	17	195	15	6	14
Number of pregnancies
1	471	24	375	29	13	31
2	391	20	201	16	14	33
3	402	20	203	16	5	12
4+	708	36	500	39	10	24
Received any professional antenatal cared	1,451	76	835	66	32	82
Estimated gestational age
First trimester	272	16	244	25	–	–
Second trimester	177	11	102	10	1	3
Third trimester	1,228	73	643	65	37	97
Timing of severe obstetric complication
Before admission	1,266	66	813	65	11	32
During hospital stay	647	34	442	35	23	68
Final mode of delivery
Vaginal delivery	460	24	513	40	30	77
Caesarean section	873	45	334	26	9	23
Abortion (spontaneous or induced)	281	14	109	9	–	–
Laparotomy for ectopic pregnancy	179	9	256	20	–	–
Woman discharged or referred still pregnant	151	8	64	5	–	–
Foetal outcome at birth
Alive	1,119	90	656	78	38	97
Dead	122	10	186	22	1	3
Total number of patients in each category of obstetric complications	1972	100	1,279	100	42	100

All estimates are weighted from the three-month study period and include only patients who consented to be interviewed.

PLTC: Professional ANC care—12; Estimated EGA—60; Timing of SMO—18; Final mode of delivery—4; Foetal outcome at birth—115. MNM: Professional ANC care—6; Estimated EGA—96; Timing of SMO—9; Final mode of delivery—2; Foetal outcome at birth—108.

^aUnweighted missing cases for each characteristic variable.

^bPLTC does not include patients who were classified as a MNM or MD.

^cPatients who did not consent and were a maternal death were not included in the maternal death total in this table, but are included in the incidence calculations.

^dSkilled provider includes-obstetrician/gynaecologist, medical officer, clinical officer, nurse or midwife.