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Table 1 Causes of Maternal Mortality at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

From: Puerperal sepsis, the leading cause of maternal deaths at a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Uganda

Cause of death

Number (%)

Direct

 

 Puerperal sepsis

43 (30.9)

 Hemorrhage

30 (21.6)

 Abortion complications

15 (10.8)

 Hypertensive diseases in pregnancy

20 (14.4)

Indirect causes

 

 Severe malaria

12 (8.92)

 Anemia

06 (4.46)

 Others

12 (8.92)