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Table 3 Direct Obstetric Complications and Maternal Deaths in Private and Public Health Facilities

From: Signal functions for emergency obstetric care as an intervention for reducing maternal mortality: a survey of public and private health facilities in Lusaka District, Zambia

 

Private Health Facility

Public Health Facility

Proportion (%)

Direct Maternal Complications

 Complications of abortion

3

290

4.1

 Anemia

0

105

1.5

 Ectopic pregnancy

3

18

0.3

 Obstructed/prolonged labor

50

1079

16

 Postpartum hemorrhage

19

473

7

 Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia

13

1373

19.6

 Puerperal sepsis

0

68

1

 Ruptured Uterus

0

25

0.4

 Other

353

3202

50.3

Total

441

6528

100

Maternal Deaths in Facilities(By Selected Causes)

 Puerperal sepsis

0

1

3.1

 Ruptured uterus

0

4

12.5

 Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia

0

8

25

 Hemorrhage

0

17

53.1

 Other

0

2

6.3

Total

0

32

100