Incidence and Predictors of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality among Women with Severe Maternal Outcomes: A Tanzanian Facility-Based Survey for Improving Maternal and Newborn Care

Table 1

Baseline and clinical characteristics on admission of the subjects, DRRH, Tanzania, January 2016 (n = 140).

Variable	n (%)
Age in years (mean = 26.86, SD = 6.47)
15–19	27 (19.29)
20–34	83 (59.28)
≥35	30 (21.43)
Residence
Rural	59 (49.29)
Urban	71 (50.71)
Parity (mean = 1.79, SD = 1.73)
Nulliparous	48 (34.29)
Para 1–3	61 (43.57)
Para 4 or more	31 (22.14)
Antenatal care
Attended	126 (90.00)
Not attended	14 (10.00)
Mode of referral
Self-referral	53 (37.86)
Facility referral	87 (62.14)
Time to receive care
Immediate	54 (38.57)
Late	86 (61.43)
Hemorrhagic shock
None or mild	52 (37.14)
Moderate	58 (41.43)
Severe	30 (21.43)
Blood pressure
Elevated (systolic or diastolic)	118 (84.29)
Normal	22 (15.71)
Mode of birth
Surgical intervention	79 (56.43)
Normal delivery	61 (43.57)