Table 3 The incidence/prevalence†(1) (%) and case-fatality ratio‡ (2)% of severe maternal morbidity studies.
Study | Denominator | Severe maternal morbidity | Rupture of the uterus | *Haemorrhage | Sepsis | Eclampsia | Obstructed labor | Thrombo- embolism | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Prual et al 1998, Niger | Live births | 6.4 | 13.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 0.2 | 50 | 0.22 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | na | na |
Mayi-Tsonga, gabon | Deliveries | 3.15 | Na | na | Na | na | Na | na | na | na | na | na | Na | na | na |
Filippi et al 1998, Benin | Deliveries | 8.2 | 8.5 | na | na | 2.3 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 21 | 1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | na | na |
Mantel et al 1998, South Africa | Deliveries | 1.1 | 20.4 | na | na | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 27.6 | Na | na | na | Na | na | na |
Schoon 1999, South Africa | Deliveries | 5.3 | 37.4 | na | na | 0.06 | 27.3 | 0.03 | 72.7 | Na | na | na | Na | 0.02 | 83.3 |
Prual et al 2000, West Africa | Live births | 6.6 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 30 | 3.05 | 2.8 | 0.09 | 18 | 0.19 | 18 | 2.05 | 0 | 0.02 | 50 |
Bernis et al 2000, Senegal | Deliveries | 7.1 | 5.4 | na | na | 2.3 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0 | na | na |
Vandecruys et al 2002, South Africa | Deliveries | 1.1 | 20.0 | na | na | 0.83 | Na | 0.7 | na | Na | na | Na | Na | na | 100 |
Kaye et al 2003, Uganda | Pregnancies | 10.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 11.8 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 20.1 | 2.0 | na | na |
Oladapo et al 2005, Nigeria | Deliveries | 14.1 | 20.9 | 4.5 | 60.0 | 30.2 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 12.7 | na | na |
Okong et al 2006, Uganda | Pregnancies | 33.4 | na | na | Na | na | Na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Saizonou et al 2006, Benin | Pregnancies | 26.7 | na | na | Na | 12.9 | Na | 3.4 | na | 24.9 | na | 8.7 | na | na | na |