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Table 1 National level maternal and neonatal context

From: Pills and prayers: a comparative qualitative study of community conceptualisations of pre-eclampsia and pluralistic care in Ethiopia, Haiti and Zimbabwe

Health and Development Indicators

Ethiopia

Haiti

Zimbabwe

Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)a

401 (2017)

1030 (2000)

480 (2017)

437 (2000)

458 (2017)

579 (2000)

Stillbirth rate (per 1000 total births) (2015) a

30

25

21

Antenatal care (4+ visits) a

43% (2019)

67% (2017)

72% (2019)

Delivery with skilled birth attendanta

55%

37%

89%

Institutional deliverya

26% (2016)

39% (2016)

85% (2019)

Eclampsia rates (per 10,000 deliveries) [25]

57.3

83.8

56.8

Adolescent birth rate (births per 1000 girls 15–19 years) (2019)+

66.7

51.7

86.1

Total fertility rate (births per woman) (2019) a

4.1

2.9

3.5

Secondary education completion rate (females) in 2018a

13%

16%

11%

Total population (2019) a

112,079,730

11,263,077

14,645,468

Urban populationa

21%

56%

32%

GDP per capita (USD $) (2019) a

855

1272

1464

Percentage GDP spent on health (2018) a

3.3

7.69

4.73

Human Development Index rank (2019)b

173

170

150

  1. aSource: UN MMEIG 2019 (United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-agency Group)
  2. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT
  3. bSource: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports
  4. http://hdr.undp.org/en/indicators/36806#b
  5. [25]Source: Vousden, N., et al. (2019). “Incidence of eclampsia and related complications across 10 low- and middle-resource geographical regions: Secondary analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial.” PLoS Med 16 (3): e1002775