Obstetrics and Gynecology International

Research Article

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 2

Maternal and perinatal outcomes indicators among pregnant women with SMO, DRRH, Tanzania, January 2016.
VariableSAMM indicators
All births in the hospital3601
All live births in the hospital3480
Severe maternal outcomes (SMOs) 
 Maternal deaths (n)16
 Maternal near-miss (MNM) (n)124
 Total SMO (n)140
Overall SMO indicators 
 SMO incidence ratio (per 1000 live births)40.23
 MNM incidence ratio (per 1000 live births)35.63
 Institutional MMR (per 100000 live births)459.77
 MNM mortality ratio7.75
 Case fatality rate (CFR) or mortality index (%)11.43
Perinatal outcome 
 Born with good condition (n)77
 Born with complications (n)24
 Died (n)39
 Percent of poor perinatal outcome (n = 63)45.00
Perinatal indicators 
 Perinatal morbidity rate (per 1000 births)17.50
 Perinatal mortality rate (per 1000 total births)10.83