Table 3 Socio-demographic and obstetrical characteristics of all maternal deaths
From: Maternal mortality audit in Suriname between 2010 and 2014, a reproductive age mortality survey
n = 65 (%) | |
|---|---|
Age | |
< 20 | 11 (17) |
20–35 | 42 (64) |
36–50 | 12 (18) |
Mean, range of age | 29, 16-45 |
Ethnicity | |
Hindu | 12 (18) |
Creole | 13 (20) |
Maroon | 24 (37) |
Javanese | 8 (12) |
Indigenous (Amerindians) | 3 (5) |
Mixed | 5 (8) |
Insurance (n = 63) | |
Social insurance (poor) | 45 (69) |
State Health | 10 (15) |
Private | 8 (12) |
Antenatal care (n = 58) | |
None | 12 (23) |
< 4 | 8 (15) |
≥ 4 | 33 (62) |
Parity at time of death (n = 62) | |
0 | 5 (8) |
1 | 14 (23) |
2 | 17 (27) |
≥ 3 | 26 (42) |
Pregnancy state | |
GA < 16 weeks | 5 (8) |
Antepartum | 15 (23) |
GA 16 – 27 weeks | 4 (6) |
GA > 28 weeks | 9 (11) |
Durante partum (GA > 37) | 4 (6) |
Post-partum | 41 (63) |
Mode of delivery (n = 41) | |
Spontaneous, vaginal | 25 (61) |
Ventouse | 3 (7) |
Caesarean-section | 13 (32) |
Perinatal death (n = 57) | |
Yes | 36 (64) |
Intrauterine fetal death | 8 (14) |
Post-partum (<7 days) | 8 (14) |