The unmet need for Emergency Obstetric Care in Tanga Region, Tanzania

Table 4 Expected number of MOI for AMI vis-à-vis Actual Number Performed

	Expected births (EB) per year	Need for MOIs for AMIs per year (2%)	Actual number of MOI for AMI *	Deficit in MOIs for AMIs	MOI for AMI for EB as %
Lushoto	19,319	386	164	222	0.8
Muheza	12,853	257	145	112	1.1
Tanga Municipality	11,205	224	122	102	1.1
Tanga Region	43,286	867	431	436	1.0

*figure for a 12 month period calculated based upon study data for Lushoto this meant considering that data were collected for 27 months as opposed to 24 months for the other districts.

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