A global view of severe maternal morbidity: moving beyond maternal mortality

Table 3 Estimates of the Prevalence of Severe Maternal Morbidity in North Africa and Middle East

Article	Country	Setting	Definition of SMM	Estimated Prevalence^a	Leading Causes
Akrawi 2017 [91]	Iraq	Public tertiary hospital, Erbil City	Modified WHO	8.2	Hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage
Assarag 2015 [92]	Morocco	3 public referral hospital, Marrakech	Sahel et al. 2011	12	Hemorrhage
Bashour 2015 [93]	Egypt	Public tertiary hospital, Cairo	WHO	12.1	Hemorrhage
Bashour 2015	Lebanon	Public hospital, Beirut	WHO	4.3	Hemorrhage
Bashour 2015	Palestine	Public referral hospital, Ramallah	WHO	12.9	Hemorrhage
Bashour 2015	Syria	University hospital, Damascus	WHO	4.5	Hemorrhage
Ghardallou 2016 [94]	Tunisia	Public tertiary hospital, Sousse	WHO	5.86	Hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders
Ghazivakili 2016 [95]	Iran	13 public and private hospital, Alborz province	WHO	4.97	Hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage
Jabir 2013 [63]	Iraq	6 public hospital, Baghdad	WHO	5.06	Hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders

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