Table 2 Numeric and percent distribution of direct obstetric complications and all maternal deaths by cause and region (33 countries)
From: Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries
All regions | Latin America & the Caribbeana | Sub-Saharan Africab | Asiac | |||||||||||||||||
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Complications | Deaths | CFR | Complications | Deaths | CFR | Complications | Deaths | Complications | Deaths | CFR | ||||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | CFR | n | % | n | % | ||||
Direct complications/causes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hemorrhage | 183,232 | 26% | 2902 | 33% | 1.6% | 5202 | 11% | 50 | 23% | 1.0% | 149,093 | 28% | 2588 | 33% | 1.7% | 28,937 | 26% | 264 | 42% | 0.9% |
Hypertensive disease | 71,658 | 10% | 1689 | 19% | 2.4% | 9441 | 19% | 90 | 41% | 1.0% | 47,993 | 9% | 1470 | 19% | 3.1% | 14,224 | 13% | 129 | 21% | 0.9% |
Abortion | 65,594 | 9% | 653 | 8% | 1.0% | 3837 | 8% | 20 | 9% | 0.5% | 42,548 | 8% | 598 | 8% | 1.4% | 19,209 | 17% | 35 | 6% | 0.2% |
Postpartum sepsis | 16,363 | 2% | 815 | 9% | 5.0% | 969 | 2% | 11 | 5% | 1.1% | 13,994 | 3% | 793 | 10% | 5.7% | 1400 | 1% | 11 | 2% | 0.8% |
Obstr/prolong labor | 154,648 | 22% | 773 | 9% | 0.5% | 6037 | 12% | 7 | 3% | 0.1% | 128,099 | 24% | 722 | 9% | 0.6% | 20,512 | 18% | 44 | 7% | 0.2% |
Ectopic pregnancy | 13,732 | 2% | 211 | 2% | 1.5% | 727 | 1% | 6 | 3% | 0.8% | 10,756 | 2% | 200 | 3% | 1.9% | 2249 | 2% | 5 | 1% | 0.2% |
Ruptured uterus | 8727 | 1% | 719 | 8% | 8.2% | 122 | 0.2% | 3 | 1% | 2.5% | 7786 | 1% | 695 | 9% | 8.9% | 819 | 1% | 21 | 3% | 2.6% |
Other | 185,241 | 26% | 929 | 11% | 0.5% | 22,639 | 46% | 30 | 14% | 0.1% | 136,907 | 25% | 786 | 10% | 0.6% | 25,695 | 23% | 113 | 18% | 0.4% |
Total | 699,195 | 100% | 8691 | 100% | 1.2% | 48,974 | 100% | 217 | 100% | 0.4% | 537,176 | 100% | 7852 | 100% | 1.5% | 113,045 | 100% | 622 | 100% | 0.6% |
Direct causes | 8691 | 63% | 217 | 82% | 7852 | 61% | 622 | 89% | ||||||||||||
Indirect causes | 4660 | 34% | 33 | 13% | 4556 | 35% | 71 | 10% | ||||||||||||
Unspecified causes | 539 | 4% | 12 | 5% | 518 | 4% | 9 | 1% | ||||||||||||
TOTAL | 13,890 | 100% | 262 | 100% | 12,926 | 100% | 702 | 100% | ||||||||||||