TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic and antenatal visitation characteristics.

Variable	Near-miss cases N = 99		Without near miss N = 112		p
	n	%	n	%
Marital status					0.325
Single	29	43.9	37	56.1
Married	70	48.3	75	51.7
Education					0.432
Secondary or tertiary	78	45.6	93	54.4
Primary or no education	21	52.5	19	47.5
Employment
Unemployed	43	45.3	52	54.7	0.662
Formal or self-employed	56	48.3	60	51.7
Distance from ANC clinic
Above 10 km	43	50.0	43	50.0	0.395
Below 10 km	51	44.0	65	56.0
Non-life-threatening morbidity †
At least one morbidity	81	62.8	48	37.2	< 0.001
No morbidity	18	22.0	64	78.0

ANC, antenatal care.

^†Includes previous caesarean section, infections, pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes mellitus, deep venous thrombosis, premature rupture of membranes, malaria, HIV.