Table 1 Major causes of pregnancy and birth complications and maternal deaths in hospitals and health centres in Gamo Gofa, south-west Ethiopia, July 2009 to June 2010
Causes | Complications | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | |
Ante partum haemorrhage | 65 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 |
Post-partum haemorrhage | 75 | 7.3 | 33 | 42 |
Prolonged labour | 174 | 16.9 | 6 | 8 |
Obstructed labour | 186 | 18.0 | 12 | 15 |
Puerperal sepsis | 57 | 5.5 | 10 | 13 |
Complication of abortion | 291 | 28.2 | 6 | 8 |
Pre-eclampsia | 41 | 4.0 | 4 | 5 |
Ruptured uterus | 65 | 6.3 | 5 | 6 |
Others | 77 | 7.5 | 2 | 3 |
Total | 1,031 | 100 | 79 | 100 |