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

Table 4

Preexisting problems and/or antenatal/intranatal risk during the last child pregnancy of pregnant women who delivered between September 2014 and March 2017 at pastoralist area of Borena zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia.

Variables	Cases, n (%)	Controls, n (%)	Total, n (%)
Preexisting health problems before last pregnancy
Yes	4 (7)	15 (8.5)	19 (8)
No	55 (93)	162 (91.5)	217 (92)
Types of preexisting problems
Hypertension	2 (50)	10 (67)	12 (63)
Malaria	1 (25)	4 (27)	5 (26)
Tuberculosis	1 (25)	0	1 (5)
PID	0	1 (6)	1 (5)
Antenatal/intranatal risk during the last pregnancy
Yes	47 (79.7)	46 (26)	93 (39.4)
No	12 (20.3)	131 (74)	143 (59.6)
Types of antenatal/intranatal risk^1
Preeclampsia	15 (32)	10 (22)	25 (27)
Vaginal bleeding	20 (43)	5 (11)	25 (27)
Previous cesarean section delivery	0	4 (9)	4 (4)
Multiple gestation	2 (4)	1 (2)	3 (3)
Abnormal lie/presentation	7 (15)	4 (9)	11 (12)
Anemia	8 (17)	17 (37)	25 (27)
Malaria	2 (4)	5 (11)	7 (8)
Unplanned pregnancy	0	1	1 (1)
Others^2	5 (11)	5 (11)	10 (11)

¹Multiple responses possible. ²CPD, infection; IUFD, obstructed labor; PROM, retained placenta and uterine rupture.