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Table 2 Obstetric care quality indicators. Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

From: Incidence and determinants of severe maternal morbidity: a transversal study in a referral hospital in Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

Indicators

n

Rates

Number of live births

5841

–

Women with severe maternal morbidity

343

–

Women with maternal near miss

56

–

Maternal deaths

10

–

Maternal near miss ratioa

–

9.6/1000 LB

Severe maternal outcome ratiob

–

11.3/1000 LB

Maternal mortality ratioc

–

171.2/100,000 LB

Maternal near miss ratio: maternal mortality ratiod

–

5.6:1

Mortality indexe

–

15.2 %

  1. aMaternal near miss ratio: number of cases of near miss/number of live births × 1000
  2. bSevere maternal outcome ratio: number of life threatening conditions (near miss + death) / number of live births × 1000
  3. cMaternal mortality ratio: number of deaths/number of live births × 100,000
  4. dMaternal near miss ratio: maternal mortality ratio
  5. eMortality index: refers “to the number of maternal deaths divided by the number of women with life-threatening conditions expressed as a percentage (number of deaths/number of deaths + number of near miss) [12, 22]
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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