From: Maternal mortality at muhimbili national hospital in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in the year 2011
Characteristic | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|
Age (Years) | ||
<20 | 14 | 9.9 |
20-24 | 33 | 23.4 |
25-29 | 43 | 30.5 |
30-34 | 29 | 20.6 |
≥ 35 | 22 | 15.6 |
Level of education | ||
No formal education | 9 | 6.4 |
Primary education | 116 | 82.3 |
Secondary education or higher | 16 | 11.3 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 14 | 9.9 |
Married/cohabiting | 125 | 88.7 |
Divorced | 2 | 1.4 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 76 | 53.9 |
Petty trader | 30 | 21.3 |
Peasants | 28 | 19.9 |
Employee (Paid contract) | 7 | 5 |
Gravidity | ||
1 | 46 | 32.6 |
2 | 31 | 22 |
3 | 27 | 19.1 |
4 | 20 | 14.2 |
≥ 5 | 17 | 12.1 |
HIV status | ||
HIV Positive | 29 | 20.6 |
HIV Negative | 72 | 51.1 |
Not known | 40 | 28.4 |
Referral froma | ||
Municipal hospitals | 98 | 77.2 |
Other health facilitiesb | 29 | 22.8 |