Table 1 Description of total births, perinatal deaths, maternal deaths, cesarean births, and vacuum assisted births in five urban health facilities in Dar es Salaam in 2020^a

Total Births (TB)

37,787

5,803

8,384

5,826

10,337

7,437

Live Births (LB)

36,758

5,617

8,128

5,589

10,127

7,297

Cesarean section births (n)

10,375

2,118

2,043

2,406

2,211

1,597

Cesarean section rates (%)

27.5

36.5

24.4

41.3

21.4

21.5

Vacuum assisted births (n)

934

121

355

151

177

130

Vacuum assisted rates (%)

2.5

2.1

4.2

2.6

1.7

1.7

Neonatal deaths (1)

399

92

179

74

26

28

Stillbirths (2)

1,048

186

256

237

210

159

Perinatal deaths (sum of 1 and 2)

1,447

278

435

311

236

187

Maternal deaths

42

9

7

9

15

2

Neonatal death rate/1000 LB

10.9

16.4

22.0

13.2

2.6

3.8

Stillbirth rate/1000 TB

27.7

32.1

30.5

40.7

20.3

21.4

Perinatal death rate/1000 TB

38.3

47.9

51.9

53.4

22.8

25.1

Maternal Mortality Ratio/100000 LB

114.3

160.2

86.1

161.0

148.1

27.4