Using audit to enhance quality of maternity care in resource limited countries: lessons learnt from rural Tanzania

Table 1 Risk factors among women with severe maternal morbidities admitted at SFDDH, October 2008 to July 2010

Domain	SFDDH Total Deliveries n = 6572	Maternal Morbidities n = 363
Age distribution
< 20 years	1577 (24%)	102 (28%)
20 - 35 years	4403 (67%)	231 (64%)
36 years and above	526 (8%)	30 (8%)
Missing or did not know their age	66 (1%)	0 (0%)
Distance of village of residence from SFDDH
Within 50 km	4075 (62%)	243 (67%)
51 - 100 km	1643 (25%)	72 (20%)
101 - 150 km	592 (9%)	14 (4%)
151+ km	131 (2%)	34 (9%)
Residential village/street not recognized*	131 (2%)	0 (0%)
Parity 5 and above	523 (9%)	32 (9%)
HIV status
HIV positive	270 (5%)	8 (2%)
Not known (not checked)	1383 (25%)	53 (15%)

*This group included women who had registered themselves that they were coming from the regions which are far away from Ifakara. Based on the local culture it was assumed that they had come back to their parents to the nearby villages to wait for delivery. Others registered streets (instead of villages) which could not be recognized during the analysis.

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