Table 1 |
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A comparison of the demographic characteristics of women with near-miss morbidity and maternal death. |
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| Near-miss cases |
Maternal deaths |
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| n = 211 |
n = 44 |
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| Age (years) |
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| ≤ 20 |
24 (11.4) |
6 (13.6) |
| 21–25 |
58 (27.5) |
9 (20.5) |
| 26–30 |
56 (26.5) |
13 (29.5) |
| 31–35 |
47 (22.3) |
8 (18.2) |
| >35 |
26 (12.3) |
8 (18.2) |
| Range |
16–44 |
18–45 |
| Mean ± SD |
28.1 ± 6.1 |
28.6 ± 5.6 |
| Parity |
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| 0 |
75 (35.5) |
15 (34.1) |
| 1–4 |
113 (53.6) |
25 (56.8) |
| ≥ 5 |
23 (10.9) |
4 (9.1) |
| Range |
0–7 |
0–7 |
| Median |
2 |
1 |
| Booking status |
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| Unbooked at OOUTH |
174 (82.5) |
39 (88.6) |
| Gestational age (weeks) |
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| <13 |
26 (12.3) |
2 (4.5) |
| 13–28 |
13 (6.2) |
1 (2.3) |
| >28 |
172 (81.5) |
41 (93.2) |
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Percentage in parenthesis |
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Oladapo et al. Reproductive Health 2005 2:9 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-2-9 |
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