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. 2022 May 10;22:923. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13321-7

Table 4.

Comparison of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in ICD-MM groups in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, 2018-2019

ICD-MM group and cause of death Zimbabwe, 2018-2019 Southern Africa (SA), 2018-2019 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 2018-2019
Percentage
(95% CI)
Rank Percentage
(95% CI)
Rank Percentage
(95% CI)
Rank
O3: Obstetric haemorrhage 25% (18%-33%) 1 25% (24%-27%) 1 29% (27%-31%) 1
O7: Non-obstetric complications 21% (15%-29%) 2 23% (22%-24%) 2 19% (16%-21%) 3
O2: Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy 18% (12%-26%) 3.5 18% (17%-19%) 3 22% (20%-24%) 2
O1: Pregnancies with abortive outcome 18% (12%-26%) 3.5 7.5% (6.7%-8.4%) 6 7.2% (5.3%-9.1%) 5
O5: Other obstetric complications 7.3% (3.6%-13%) 5 3.6% (3.1%-4.3%) 7 5.0% (3.1%-7.0%) 6
O4: Pregnancy-related infections 4.4% (1.6%-9.3%) 6 8.8% (8%-10%) 5 12% (10%-13%) 4
O8: Unknown/undetermined causes 2.1% (0.5%-6.3%) 7 3.5% (2.9%-4.1%) 8 2.5% (0.0%-4.9%) 8
O9: Coincidental causes 1.0% (0.0%-5.0%) 8 0.0% 9 0.0% 9
O6: Unanticipated complications of management 0.7% (0.0%-4.0%) 9 10% (10%-11%) 4 4.0% (1.6%-6.3%) 7
Total deaths 137 3736 11 431