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Table 3 Average perinatal death rates and direct obstetric complication rates for selected health facility characteristics, by facility type

From: Distribution of maternity waiting homes and their correlation with perinatal mortality and direct obstetric complication rates in Ethiopia

 

Perinatal deaths per 100 deliveries

Direct complications per 100 deliveries

Health Centers

Hospitals

Health Centers

Hospitals

mean

n

mean

N

mean

N

mean

n

Total

1.1

3446

4.5

294

4.8

3446

19.2

294

Maternity waiting home

 No

1.1

1510

4.6

239

5.8

1510

21.1

239

 Yes

1.1

1936

4.1

55

3.9

1936

10.9

55

Region

 Urban (Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harari)

0.6

126

2.4

58

28.7

126

23.4

58

 Agrarian (Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Tigray)

1.0

3051

5.0

215

3.8

3051

18.1

215

 Pastoralist (Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Afar, Somali)

2.2

269

5.5

21

4.7

269

18.7

21

Managing authority

 Public

1.1

3384

5.3

218

4.7

3384

17.1

218

 Private, for-profit

1.2

22

1.9

57

8.7

22

29.1

57

 Private, not-for-profit

0.9

40

3.2

19

11.0

40

13.9

19

Location

 Urban

1.2

1199

4.5

271

8.1

1199

19.9

271

 Rural

1.0

2247

4.6

23

3.0

2247

11.5

23

EmONC status

 Fully EmONC

1.3

185

5.6

179

7.8

185

18.2

179

 Missing 1 or 2 SFs

1.2

1100

3.3

81

5.5

1100

19.2

81

 Missing ≥3 SFs

1.0

2161

1.7

34

4.1

2161

24.2

34

EmONC readiness

 Fully EmONC ready

1.8

34

4.5

39

12.3

34

24.0

39

 Not ready for 1 or 2 SFs

1.2

1865

4.9

196

6.0

1865

18.6

196

 Not ready for ≥3 SFs

0.9

1547

3.2

59

3.1

1547

17.9

59

Motor vehicle transport

 No

1.0

2434

2.6

42

4.5

2434

12.3

42

 Yes

1.3

1012

4.8

252

5.4

1012

20.3

252

SBAs per 100 deliveries

  < 1

0.5

199

1.6

4

0.9

199

17.6

4

 1 to 2

0.7

878

2.2

15

2.1

878

12.8

15

 2 to 3

0.9

687

2.8

20

3.4

687

15.3

20

 3 to 4

1.1

430

3.9

24

4.8

430

10.5

24

 4 to 5

1.5

274

5.7

33

5.7

274

18.5

33

 5 to 6

1.6

175

6.4

24

6.9

175

19.0

24

 6 to 7

1.7

114

4.5

21

6.7

114

17.7

21

 7 to 8

1.4

81

5.8

12

6.7

81

16.9

12

 9 to 10

1.5

70

5.5

18

9.0

70

14.6

18

  > 10

1.7

429

4.5

118

12.0

429

23.8

118

Annual deliveries

 Lowest quartile (≤  196 per year)

1.6

826

3.4

64

7.2

826

23.3

64

 Lower middle quartile (197–386 per year)

1.1

925

4.2

26

5.3

925

23.6

26

 Upper middle quartile (387–651 per year)

0.9

913

3.3

39

3.7

913

17.3

39

 Highest quartile (≥652 per year)

0.6

782

5.2

165

2.8

782

17.4

165