“Near Miss” Obstetric Events and Maternal Deaths in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Audit

Table 2

Comparison of near miss events and primary causes of maternal deaths.

Diagnosis	Near miss		Near miss/1000 live births	Mortality		Mortality index %
	2011	2012		2011	2012
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	24	7	4.2	1	0	3.1
Severe preeclampsia	8	1		0
Eclampsia	10	4		1
HELLP syndrome	6	2		0
Severe haemorrhage	26	32	7.9	3	1	6.5
Early pregnancy				2
Ectopic pregnancy	2	8		0
Abortion	1	1
Late pregnancy				0
Abruption	3			1
PPH	20	23
Sepsis	9	12	2.9	5	7	36.3
H1N1	0			3
Others	9			2
Cardiac	2	4	0.8	2	2	40
Indirect	7	8	2	0	2	11.8
Total	68	63	17.9	11	12	14.9