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Table 2 Pregnancy complications for maternal and early neonatal deaths at MTRH from January 2004 to March 2011

From: A retrospective analysis of maternal and neonatal mortality at a teaching and referral hospital in Kenya

Pregnancy complication

Maternal deaths n = 150

Neonatal deaths n = 200

 

n

%

n

%

Eclampsia

33

22

13

7

Dystocia

21

14

44

22

Hemorrhage

20

13

17

8

Sepsis

10

7

0

0

Post abortal

10

7

5

3

Premature rupture of membrane (PROM)

2

1

52

26

Post datism

1

1

3

1

Other (indirect)†

53

35

66

33

  1. Denominators vary for each item depending on missing data.
  2. †Indirect causes include: HIV, malaria and cardiovascular diseases.