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Table 1 Summary of selected characteristics of maternal deaths

From: Maternal death and delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in Mozambique

 

Neither delay II nor delay III

Delay III only

Delay II only

Both delay II and delay III

Missing

Total

Count

Row N %

Count

Row N %

Count

Row N %

Count

Row N %

Count

Row N %

Count

Column N %

Age recoded

< 20

25

18.7%

22

16.4%

46

34.3%

21

15.7%

20

14.9%

134

18.8%

20 -- 34

90

20.4%

54

12.2%

190

43.0%

56

12.7%

52

11.8%

442

62.1%

> 35

14

15.9%

17

19.3%

37

42.0%

13

14.8%

7

8.0%

88

12.4%

Missing

3

6.3%

8

16.7%

15

31.3%

9

18.8%

13

27.1%

48

6.7%

Parity

Nullipara

29

22.1%

20

15.3%

37

28.2%

18

13.7%

27

20.6%

131

18.4%

> 1

96

19.1%

76

15.1%

205

40.8%

68

13.5%

57

11.4%

502

70.5%

Missing

7

8.9%

5

6.3%

46

58.2%

13

16.5%

8

10.1%

79

11.1%

Previous cesarean

No

101

19.3%

77

14.8%

207

39.7%

69

13.2%

68

13.0%

522

73.3%

Yes

11

22.0%

8

16.0%

21

42.0%

5

10.0%

5

10.0%

50

7.0%

Missing

20

14.3%

16

11.4%

60

42.9%

25

17.9%

19

13.6%

140

19.7%

Complication after admission

No

88

15.8%

67

12.0%

262

47.0%

88

15.8%

53

9.5%

558

78.4%

Yes

29

39.2%

21

28.4%

6

8.1%

2

2.7%

16

21.6%

74

10.4%

Missing

15

18.8%

13

16.3%

20

25.0%

9

11.3%

23

28.8%

80

11.2%

Referred from another facility

No

62

19.7%

61

19.4%

113

35.9%

30

9.5%

49

15.6%

315

44.2%

Yes

67

17.7%

39

10.3%

171

45.2%

67

17.7%

34

9.0%

378

53.1%

Missing

3

15.8%

1

5.3%

4

21.1%

2

10.5%

9

47.4%

19

2.7%

Type of Health facility

Central Hospital

40

19.7%

13

6.4%

96

47.3%

39

19.2%

15

7.4%

203

28.5%

Hospital (Prov, Gen. & Dist.)

64

16.6%

64

16.6%

153

39.6%

48

12.4%

57

14.8%

386

54.2%

Health Centers

28

22.8%

24

19.5%

39

31.7%

12

9.8%

20

16.3%

123

17.3%

Moment of death

While pregnant

31

14.2%

28

12.8%

101

46.1%

32

14.6%

27

12.3%

219

30.8%

During delivery

10

10.3%

21

21.6%

26

26.8%

18

18.6%

22

22.7%

97

13.6%

Postpartum

88

23.5%

50

13.3%

154

41.1%

48

12.8%

35

9.3%

375

52.7%

Missing

3

14.3%

2

9.5%

7

33.3%

1

4.8%

8

38.1%

21

2.9%

*Cause of death

Direct

98

18.7%

85

16.2%

200

38.1%

86

16.4%

56

10.7%

525

73.7%

Indirect

34

18.2%

16

8.6%

88

47.1%

13

7.0%

36

19.3%

187

26.3%

 

Total

132

18.5%

101

14.2%

288

40.4%

99

13.9%

92

12.9%

712

100.0%

  1. *Cause of death: Direct = Maternal death from direct pregnancy related complications; Indirect = Maternal deaths due to non-obstetric causes aggravated by the pregnancy
  2. Prov Province, Gen general, Dist district