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Table 2 Prevalence of maternal morbidities in the intervention and control facilities before and after intervention

From: Improving access to emergency obstetric care in underserved rural Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

Deliveries/

Intervention HCs

Control HCs

Morbidity

Baseline

Intervention period

Baseline

Intervention period

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Obstructed labour

169 (3.8)

445 (3.4)

144 (2.5)

311 (2.8)

Postpartum haemorrhage

46 (1.0)

214 (1.7)

20 (0.4)

69 (0.6)

Antepartum haemorrhage

20 (0.5)

72 (0.6)

33 (0.6)

36 (0.3)

Pre eclampsia

29 (0.7)

97 (0.7)

35 (0.6)

111 (1.0)

Eclampsia

32 (0.7)

121 (0.9)

29 (0.5)

60 (0.5)

Ruptured uterus

8 (0.2)

53 (0.4)

8 (0.1)

12 (0.1)

Abortion complications

155 (3.5)

968 (7.6)

13 (0.2)

58 (0.5)

Others

0 (0.0)

40 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

7 (0.1)

Total morbidities

459 (10.5)

2010 (15.6)

282 (4.9)

664 (5.9)

Total deliveries

4392

12,918

5709

11,233

  1. Note: HCs health centres; Baseline = Jul 2014 – June 2016; and intervention period = Jul 2016 – June 2019