Research Article

Determinants of Maternal Death in a Pastoralist Area of Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study

Table 1

List of the study variables.

DependentIndependent

Maternal death(i) Sociodemographic variable
Age, ethnicity, place of residence, occupation, religion, level of education, and monthly family income
(ii) Obstetric and delivery history
Parity, gravidity, antenatal care (ANC), place of delivery/death, delivery attendants, and number and place of ANC visited,
(iii) Preexisting problems
Hypertension, anemia, malaria, diabetes, HIV-positive tuberculosis infection, and others
(iv) Antenatal/intranatal problems
Preeclamsia/eclamsia, vaginal bleeding, multiple gestation, and malpresentation