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Table 5 Indicators of availability, use and quality of EmONC, Lubumbashi, 2010

From: Emergency obstetric and neonatal care availability, use, and quality: a cross-sectional study in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2011

Indicators‡, ¥

Surveyed facilities

All

CEmONC

Partial

Availability of EmONC for 918,819 inhabitants (B2/A1)

-

1

-

Proportion of births/ EmONC facilities (D2/D1)

-

7.6

92.4

Met need for EmOC (% ; G2/F1)

7.0

-

-

Incidence of caesarean sections (% ; I1/C1)

3.0

0.9

-

Direct obstetric case fatality rate (% ; J1/G1)

1.5

3.9

1.0

Indirect obstetric case fatality rate (% ; K1/H1)†

5.1

0.0

6.1

Proportion of maternal deaths due to IOCs (% ; K1/J1)

24.4

0.0

36.7

Intrapartum mortality (% ; (L1 + M1)/D1)

1.4

5.1

1.1

Non-intrapartum deaths (% ; O1/N1)†

61.0

74.1

50.9

  1. ‡Calculated based on the data from table VI; ¥The calculated indicators for the surveyed facilities can be validated by changing the index for each type of indicator; -not calculated; DOC direct obstetric complication, IOC indirect obstetric complication; †not an EmONC indicator