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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of all women and women who experienced a near-miss eventin the four study hospitals

From: A cross sectional study of maternal ‘near-miss’ cases in major public hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria

Hospital/Country

Egypt

Lebanon

Palestine

Syria

 

Al Galaa Hospital

Rafik Hariri University Hospital

Ramallah Hospital

Dar Al Tawleed Hospital

 

All womenb

Women with an MNM

P-value

All women

Women with a MNM

P-valuea

All women

Women with a MNM

P-valuea

All women

Women with a MNM

P-valuea

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Age mean (SD) in Years

(NA)

27.8 (4.6)

 

27.7 (6.4)

30.6 (5.6)

 

27.6 (5.8)

32.4 (8.3)

 

25.8 (6.7)

28.7 (8.5)

0.045

Age

  

(NA)

  

0.718

  

0.000

  

0.000

<20 year

(NA)

0 (0.0)

 

95 (8.1)

0 (0.0)

 

115 (9.3)

0 (0.0)

 

465 (13.7)

2 (11.1)

 

20-35

(NA)

31 (96.9)

 

915 (77.7)

4 (80.0)

 

992 (80.2)

8 (50.0)

 

2653 (78.2)

10 (55.6)

 

36+

(NA)

1 (3.1)

 

168 (14.3)

1 (20.0)

 

130 (10.5)

8 (50.0)

 

275 (8.1)

6 (33.3)

 

Marital Status

  

(NA)

  

0.873

  

0.974

  

0.010

Married

(NA)

30 (93.8)

 

1175 (99.7)

5 (100)

 

1234 (99.8)

16 (100)

 

3369(0.2)

17(100)

 

Single/widow/divorced

(NA)

2 (6.2)

 

3 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 

7 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 

Years of schoolingc

  

(NA)

  

0.015

  

(NA)

  

0.244

No education

(NA)

(NA)

 

12 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

 

(NA)

(NA)

 

166(7.5)

1(10)

 

Primary (1–6 years)

(NA)

(NA)

 

216 (18.3)

4 (80.0)

 

(NA)

(NA)

 

796(36)

5(50)

 

Lower secondary (7–9 years)

(NA)

(NA)

 

537 (45.6)

0 (0.0)

 

(NA)

(NA)

 

829(37.4)

1 (10)

 

Upper secondary (10–12)

(NA)

(NA)

 

289 (24.5)

1 (20.0)

 

(NA)

(NA)

 

290 (13.1)

3(30)

 

Tertiary (>12 years)

(NA)

(NA)

 

124 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

 

(NA)

(NA)

 

133(6)

0 (0)

 

Parity

  

(NA)

  

0.444

  

0.001

  

0.447

0

(NA)

6 (18.8)

 

378 (32.1)

3 (60.0)

 

261 (21.1)

1 (6.3)

 

826(24.1)

5 (27.8)

 

1-2

(NA)

12 (37.5)

 

576 (48.9)

1 (20.0)

 

488 (39.5)

3 (18.8)

 

1519(44.4)

5 (27.8)

 

3-4

(NA)

13 (40.7)

 

170 (14.5)

1 (20.0)

 

313 (25.3)

5 (31.3)

 

773 (22.6)

5 (27.8)

 

5 +

(NA)

1 (3.1)

 

53 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

 

175 (14.1)

7 (43.8)

 

305(8.9)

3(16.2)

 
  1. aAll P-values represent the difference between the two groups of women: MNM and women who are not MNM
  2. bGiven high case load at Al Galaa Hospital in Egypt, it was not possible to collect data on all women
  3. cYears of schooling was not included in the medical records of Al Galaa Hospital
  4. (NA) = Not Applicable
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