From: High maternal mortality in rural south-west Ethiopia: estimate by using the sisterhood method
Age of respondents | No. of respondents | sisters survived age ≥ 15 yrs | Dead from all causes | Maternal deaths (r) | adjustment factor ( f) | Sisters units exposed to risk (β) | Lifetime risk (Q ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
k | e | C | r | f | β = ef | Q=r/ β | |
15-19 | 2443 | 6471* | 428 | 240 | 0.107 | 693 | 0.346 |
20-24 | 1625 | 4306* | 370 | 152 | 0.206 | 887 | 0.172 |
25-29 | 1450 | 3889 | 375 | 152 | 0.343 | 1334 | 0.114 |
30-34 | 1235 | 3135 | 358 | 103 | 0.503 | 1576 | 0.065 |
35-39 | 812 | 2201 | 331 | 89 | 0.664 | 1461 | 0.061 |
40-44 | 523 | 1397 | 255 | 52 | 0.802 | 1120 | 0.046 |
45-49 | 415 | 1074 | 225 | 31 | 0.900 | 997 | 0.031 |
Total | 8503 | 22473 | 2342 | 819 | 8068 | 0.102 |