Table 3.
Demographics and maternal health indicators in Suriname
| Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Deliveries |
9190 |
||
|
Total babies born |
9313 |
||
|
Live births |
9114 |
||
|
Maternal deaths |
10 |
||
|
Maternal mortality ratio* |
110 |
||
|
Near miss tools |
WHO |
Namibian |
SSA |
|
Maternal near miss, n = |
71 |
118 |
242 |
|
MNM ratio† |
7.8 |
12.9 |
26.5 |
| One MNM-criterion, n (%) |
40 (56%) |
79 (67%) |
135 (56%) |
| Two or three MNM-criteria, n (%) |
20 (28%) |
26 (22%) |
83 (34%) |
| Four or more MNM-criteria, n (%) |
11 (16%) |
13 (11%) |
24 (10%) |
| Total amount of MNM-criteria |
146 |
218 |
458 |
|
Severe maternal outcomes, n |
81 |
128 |
252 |
|
SMO ratio‡ |
8.8 |
14.0 |
27.6 |
|
Maternal near miss: mortality ratio |
7: 1 |
12: 1 |
24: 1 |
|
Mortality index§ |
12.3% |
7.8% |
4.0% |
| Severity score, mean (SD)‖ | 2.5 (2.2) | 2.1 (2.0) | 2.1 (1.8) |
MNM – maternal near miss, WHO – World Health Organization, SSA – sub-Saharan Africa, SD – standard deviation
*Maternal mortality ratio: maternal deaths per 100 000 live births.
†Maternal near miss ratio: near miss cases per 1000 live births.
‡Severe maternal outcome ratio: near miss cases and maternal deaths per 1000 live births.
§Mortality index: number of maternal deaths divided by number of women with severe maternal outcomes (near miss and maternal deaths), expressed in percentages.
‖Average number of severity markers (near-miss criteria) in all SMO cases.