Severe Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complications, “Near Miss” and Maternal Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic features of the women.

	Total, n = 790		Percentage
	Near miss, n = 691	Mortality, n = 99
Age group
19 and below	106	15	15.3%
20–29	384	49	54.8%
30–39	169	33	25.6%
40 and above	32	2	4.3%
			100%
Marital status
Married	547	68	615 (77.8%)
Unmarried	144	31	175 (22.2%)
Parity
0-1	205	31	236 (29.9%)
2–4	352	42	394 (49.9%)
>4	134	26	160 (20.2%)
Booking
Status booked	122	16	138 (17.5%)
Unbooked	569	83	652 (82.5%)