Table 3.

Selected background characteristics of the deceased perinate's mother by outcome status of the perinate in Ethiopia, 2021.

Characteristic	Overall, N = 3,814	Alive birth, N = 2,397	Stillbirth, N = 1,417
Maternal age a	27.3 (5.37)	27.3 (5.16)	27.4 (5.70)
Number of ANC visit a	2.6 (1.47)	2.7 (1.45)	2.3 (1.47)
Maternal parity a	2.4 (1.73)	2.3 (1.63)	2.6 (1.88)
Religion
Christian	2,978	1,829 (61.4%)	1,149 (38.6%)
Muslim	812	550 (67.7%)	262 (32.3%)
Traditional	24	18 (75.0%)	6 (25.0%)
Maternal education
Uneducated	2,168	1,153 (53.2%)	1,015 (46.8%)
Primary	941	720 (76.5%)	221 (23.5%)
Secondary and above	705	524 (74.3%)	181 (25.7%)
Maternal health condition
Other complications of labour and delivery	140	67 (47.9%)	73 (52.1%)
Maternal medical and surgical conditions	295	199 (67.5%)	96 (32.5%)
Maternal complications of pregnancy	326	109 (33.4%)	217 (66.6%)
Complications of the placenta, cord, and membranes	389	163 (41.9%)	226 (58.1%)
No maternal conditions identified	2,664	1,859 (69.8%)	805 (30.2%)
Status of the mother
Alive	3,353	2,241 (66.8%)	1,112 (33.2%)
Died	461	156 (33.8%)	305 (66.2%)
Type of region
Pastoralist	140	91 (70.7%)	41 (29.3%)
City administration	812	812 (93.7%)	55 (6.3%)
Agrarian	1486	1,486 (52.9%)	1,321 (43.1%)
Residence
Rural	2098	1,118 (53.3%)	980 (46.7%)
Urban	1716	1,279 (74.5%)	437 (25.6%)

^a Mean (SD); n (%).