Skin Color and Severe Maternal Outcomes: Evidence from the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity
Table 5
Crude estimated risks of severe maternal outcome (SMO=MNM+MD) according to some obstetric characteristics of women by skin color.
Characteristics
Non-white women
White Women
SMO
PLTC
PR (95%CI)
SMO
PLTC
PR (95%CI)
Coverage for PN
Public
274
2932
0.85 0.28-2.60]
277
2030
0.63 0.39-1.03]
Private
4
65
0.58 0.15-2.24]
7
72
0.47 0.15-1.42]
Social security
4
36
1
28
120
1
No PN care
21
192
0.99 0.34-2.82]
25
131
0.85 0.31-2.34]
Parity
0
111
1861
1
158
1280
1
1-2
149
1385
1.73 [1.35-2.21]
165
1042
1.24 [1.07-1.45]
≥3
79
511
2.38 [1.71-3.32]
55
324
1.32 [0.88-1.97]
Prenatal care (visits)
No
28
257
1.86 [1.18-2.92]
36
153
2.31 [1.15-4.65]
1-5
122
1243
1.69 [1.35-2.10]
112
777
1.53 [1.20-1.96]
6 or more
93
1663
1
123
1370
1
Gestational age at termination of pregnancy
< 22 weeks
26
177
4.06 [1.83-8.99]
42
165
3.67 [1.80-7.48]
22-27
32
169
5.04 [2.88-8.83]
51
164
4.29 [2.45-7.50]
28-33
84
684
3.46 [2.42-4.95]
82
500
2.55 [1.64-3.96]
34-36
60
754
2.33 [1.43-3.80]
62
462
2.14 [1.42-3.22]
≥ 37
58
1779
1
71
1212
1
Still pregnant
74
114
12.47 [8.05-19.30]
58
86
7.28 [4.02-13.17]
Delays
With any delay
237
1961
1.97 [1.45-2.69]
240
1112
2.25 [1.69-3.00]
No delay
93
1609
1
124
1447
1
Total
344
3764
380
2651
Missing information for: 580+341; 12+7; 702+460; 97+76; 208+108 cases = prevalence ratio adjusted for the effect of the cluster design PR in italic mean they are statistically significant
