Care seeking at time of childbirth, and maternal and perinatal mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
Carine Ronsmans, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury, Marge Koblinsky & Anisuddin Ahmed
Volume 88, Number 4, April 2010, 289-296
Table 2. Maternal mortality by year of birth and highest level of care at pregnancy termination, birth or death, Matlab, Bangladesh, 1987–2005
| Year of birth | No skilled obstetric care |
Basic obstetric care only |
Comprehensive obstetric care |
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| % of pregnancies | Maternal mortality ratioa (95% CI) | % of pregnancies | Maternal mortality ratioa (95% CI) | % of pregnancies | Maternal mortality ratioa (95% CI) | |||
| 1987–1991 | 89.5 | 207 (141–294) | 8.3 | 644 (295–1223) | 2.1 | 7263 (4745–10 641) | ||
| 1992–1996 | 81.8 | 219 (143–321) | 14.1 | 538 (268–962) | 4.1 | 2707 (1548–4396) | ||
| 1997–2001 | 75.9 | 96 (48–172) | 20.2 | 296 (136–563) | 4.0 | 2174 (1158–3717) | ||
| 2002–2005 | 57.4 | 68 (22–158) | 31.9 | 171 (69–352) | 10.7 | 653 (299–1240) | ||
| Yearly trend | – | 0.92 (0.88–0.96) | – | 0.90 (0.85–0.96) | – | 0.85 (0.81–0.89) | ||
CI, confidence interval.
a Maternal deaths per 100 000 pregnancies.