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Table 2 Characteristics and frequencies of near miss cases and maternal deaths at hospital level in Maputo city and Maputo province, Mozambique

From: Maternal near miss and maternal deaths in Mozambique: a cross-sectional, region-wide study of 635 consecutive cases assisted in health facilities of Maputo province

 

Total

Hemorrhage

Eclampsia

Sepsis

Uterine rupture

Cerebral malaria

Live births

27,916

     

Maternal near-miss (MNM)

564

327 (58.0%)

200 (35.5%)

22 (3.9%)

13 (2.3%)

2 (0.4%)

Maternal deaths (MD)*

71

27 (38.0%)

9 (12.7%)

4 (5.6%)

1 (1.4%)

2 (2.8%)

MMR

254

96.7

32.6

14.3

3.6

7.2

MNMR

20

     

SMOR

22.7

     

Case fatality rate** (%)

11.2

7.6

4.3

15.4

7.1

50

  1. MMR: maternal deaths per 100,000 livebirths.
  2. SMOR: severe maternal outcome ratio (MNM + MD)/ 1000LB.
  3. MNMR: severe morbidity per 1000 live births.
  4. *To complete the total of 71 maternal death cases there are other causes of maternal death as AIDS 23 (32.4%), various 5 (7.0%).
  5. **Maternal deaths devided by the sum of maternal deaths and near-miss cases.