Maternal Mortality in Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital, Tanzania

Table 2

Reason for admission and causes of death.

Reason for admission	Number
IUFD	1
Antepartum haemorrhage	1
Abruptio placentae	1
Ruptured uterus	5
PPH	3
Eclampsia	9
Sepsis	6
Anaemia in pregnancy	3
Heart disease in pregnancy	1
Abortion	2
Peripartum cardiomyopathy	3
Cause of death
Direct causes obstetric	31
Haemorrhage	5
Ruptured uterus	5
Eclampsia	9
Sepsis	6
Abortion complications	4
Peripartum cardiomyopathy	2
Indirect causes	4
Anaemia	2
HIV and AIDS	1
Valvular heart disease	1

There were a variety of causes of admissions, but eclampsia, sepsis, and uterine rupture were the top most. However, if uterine rupture is included in the cause of death due to haemorrhage, then obstetric haemorrhages is the leading reason of admission for those who had died. All haemorrhages (obstetric haemorrhage and ruptured uterus) caused 10 maternal deaths.