Table 5 Maternal mortality rates by cause using ICD-MM, per 100,000 maternities, 2009 to 2013
Cause of death | 2009–11 | 2010–12 | 2011–13 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Rate | 95 % CI | n | Rate | 95 % CI | n | Rate | 95 % CI | |
Direct causes | |||||||||
Group 1: Pregnancy with abortive outcome | 4 | 0.17 | 0.05–0.43 | 8 | 0.33 | 0.14–0.66 | 6 | 0.25 | 0.09–0.55 |
Group 2: Hypertensive disorders | 10 | 0.42 | 0.20–0.77 | 9 | 0.38 | 0.18–0.71 | 6 | 0.25 | 0.09–0.55 |
Group 3: Obstetric Haemorrhage | 14 | 0.59 | 0.32–0.99 | 11 | 0.46 | 0.23–0.82 | 13 | 0.55 | 0.29–0.94 |
Group 4: Pregnancy-related infection | 16 | 0.67 | 0.38–1.09 | 13 | 0.54 | 0.29–0.93 | 8 | 0.34 | 0.15–0.66 |
Group 5: Other obstetric complications | 43 | 1.81 | 1.31–2.43 | 44 | 1.83 | 1.33–2.46 | 47 | 1.98 | 1.46–2.63 |
Group 6: Unanticipated complications of management | 3 | 0.12 | 0.03–0.37 | 4 | 0.17 | 0.05–0.43 | 3 | 0.13 | 0.03–0.37 |
Indirect causes | |||||||||
Group 7: Non-obstetric complications | 163 | 6.85 | 5.84–7.99 | 154 | 6.41 | 5.44–7.51 | 131 | 5.52 | 4.62–6.55 |
Group 8: Unknown/undetermined | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
Coincidental causes | |||||||||
Group 9: Coincidental causes | 23 | 0.98 | 0.61–1.45 | 26 | 1.08 | 0.71–1.59 | 26 | 1.10 | 0.72–1.61 |