Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors

Katerini T Storeng, Seydou Drabo, Rasmané Ganaba, Johanne Sundby, Clara Calvert & Véronique Filippi

Volume 90, Number 6, June 2012, 418-425C

Table 2. Maternal mortality in the four years after pregnancy, by pregnancy outcome, age, parity and marital status, Burkina Faso, 2004–2009

Characteristic	Pregnancy outcome
	Uncomplicated pregnancy							Near-miss complication^a
	Women alive at 4 years^b		Women deceased at 4 years		Women lost to follow-up^c		P^d	Women alive at 4 years		Women deceased at 4 years		Women lost to follow-up^e		P^d
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	P^d	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	P^d
Age (years)
< 20	90	18.7	0	0	37	19.6		36	17.0	2	13.3	36	33.0
20–24	135	28.1	0	0	71	37.6		61	28.8	2	13.3	36	33.0
25–29	117	24.3	4	80.0	45	23.8		44	20.8	5	33.3	18	16.5
≥ 30	139	28.9	1	20.0	36	19.1	NA	71	33.5	6	40.0	19	17.4	0.47
Parity
0	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA		20	9.4	3	20.0	17	15.5
1–3	344	71.4	4	80.0	155	82.0		132	62.3	8	53.3	72	65.5
4+	138	28.6	1	20.0	34	18.0	0.67	60	28.3	4	26.7	21	19.1	0.42
Marital status
Married or in a relationship	446	92.5	5	100.0	167	88.4		191	90.1	9	60.0	90	81.8
Single	36	7.5	0	0	22	11.6	NA	21	9.9	6	40.0	20	18.8	0.001

NA, not applicable.

^a A near-miss complication is a severe obstetric complication that would probably kill the woman without timely medical care.

^b Data were missing on age for two women, on parity for one and on marital status for one.

^c Data were missing on age for two women, on parity for two and on marital status for two.

^d P-values were calculated using the chi squared test, where possible, for differences between women who died and those who were alive and completed follow-up. Due to the small number of deaths among women with an uncomplicated delivery, it was not possible to calculate a P-value for the difference in age or marital status between women who died and those who survived.

^e Data were missing on age for three women, on parity for two and on marital status for two.