Table 3.
| Underlying cause and associated conditions | WWPLTCs (n = 691) | MNM (n = 146) | Maternal deaths (n = 24) | MI (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number | Total number | Total number | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Underlying causes | |||||||
| Pregnancy with abortive outcome | 75 | 10.9 | 17 | 11.6 | 3 | 12.5 | 15 |
| Obstetric hemorrhage | 166 | 24.0 | 81 | 55.5F | 3 | 12.5 | 3.6 |
| Hypertensive disorders | 349 | 50.5 | 36 | 24.6 | 9 | 37.5 | 20 |
| Pregnancy-related infection | 130 | 18.8 | 24 | 16.4 | 5 | 20.8 | 17.2 |
| Other obstetric disease or complication | 48 | 6.9 | 19 | 13.0 | 4 | 16.7 | 17.4 |
| Medical/surgical/mental disease or complication | 68 | 9.8 | 31 | 21.2 | 18 | 75 | 36.7 |
| Contributory causes/associated conditions | |||||||
| Anemia | 76 | 11.0 | 18 | 12.3 | 13 | 54.2 | |
| Previous cesarean section | 54 | 7.8 | 12 | 8.2 | 2 | 8.3 | |
| Prolonged/obstructed labor | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.2 | |
| HIV infection | 5 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 4.2 | |
SMC: severe maternal complications; SMO: severe maternal outcome; ACSH: Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital; MNM: maternal near-miss; MI: mortality index; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; WWPLTCs: Women with potentially life threathening conditions.
a
Women with SMC (also called women with potentially life-threatening condition (WPLTC)) are those who developed severe acute maternal morbidity with the potential to progress to SMO.
b
Women with SMO (also called women with life-threatening condition (WLTC)) are those who developed organ dysfunction or who died because of severe acute maternal complication.