Table 3.

Leading causes of death in studies reporting causes of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa sub-regions

	Region and leading causes of death (ICD-MM groups)
Cause of death group	East and Central Africa		Southern Africa		West Africa
	Proportion (95% CI)	Rank	Proportion (95% CI)	Rank	Proportion (95% CI)	Rank
Obstetric haemorrhage	28.4% (19.6%-37.2%)	1	25.2% (13.1%-37.4%)	1	31.3% (26.5%-36.0%)	1
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	27.2% (18.5%-35.9%)	2	17.8% (7.1%-28.5%)	3	22.7% (18.4%-27.0%)	2
Non-obstetric complications	15.3% (8.3%-22.4%)	3	22.9%(9.2%-36.7%)	2	14.4% (9.5%-19.3%)	3
Pregnancy-related infections in pregnancy	11.8% (4.8%-18.9%)	4	8.8%(0.9%-16.7%)	4	13.4% (9.9%-17.0%)	4

CI – confidence interval