Maternal near miss and mortality attributable to hypertensive disorders in a tertiary hospital, Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Maternal morbidity and mortality indicators among women with severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia at MNH

Indicator	Indices calculations	Overall ratio	Hypertensive Disorder	Case specific ratio
Case specific maternal near miss ratio (MNMR)	MNM/LBX1000	87.4	S. Preeclampsia	54
(per 1000 LB)			Eclampsia	33
Case specific severe maternal outcome ratio(SMOR) (per 1000 LB)	(MNM + MD)/LBX1000	19.4	S. Preeclampsia	12
			Eclampsia	9.5
Mortality index (MI) (as percentage)	MD/(MNM + MD)X100	11	S. Preeclampsia	9
			Eclampsia	11.4
Case fatality rate (CF) (as the percentage)	MD/Total number of pts. with severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia X 100	2.5	S. Preeclampsia	2.1
			Eclampsia	3.3
Case specific maternal near miss mortality ratio	MNM:1MD	40:1	S. Preeclampsia	50:1
			Eclampsia	30:1

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The overall maternal near-miss ratio was 87.4. The overall case-fatality rate was 2.5% whereby severe preeclampsia accounted for 2.1% while eclampsia accounted for 3.3% respectively. (Table 3)

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