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

Table 3

Comparison of perinatal outcomes.

Complication	Near miss infants, n = 443	Uncomplicated pregnancy	Odds ratio
Perinatal mortality rate	266.4 per 1000 live births	34.3 per 1000 live births	7.74
Admission to neonatal intensive care	16.93 percent per 100 births	9.23 per 100 births	1.83
Birth weight less than 2.5 kg	12.19 per 100 births	6.45 per 100 births	1.89