Table 1 Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) estimates for Mangochi District obtained via a Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) and using different estimates of the number of live births
From: Measuring maternal mortality using a Reproductive Age Mortality Study (RAMOS)
Source | Number of maternal deaths | Estimated number of live births | MMR: Number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 95 % confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of BCG vaccinated babies (Ministry of Health, [12]) | 151 | 41,623 | 363 | 307-425 |
Live births from census report, 2008 (Malawi National Statistics Office, [9]) | 151 | 43,000 | 351 | 297-412 |
Live births calculated from the General Fertility Ratea (Malawi National Statistics Office, [4]) | 151 | 44,276 | 341 | 289-400 |