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Table 7 Mortality rates by delivery location for Pakistan compared to the other sites and all the other sites excluding Pakistan

From: Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries?

Variable

Pakistan

India

Kenya and Zambia

DRC

Guatemala

Total except Pakistan

Pakistan vs. Total except Pakistan

RR (95% CI)

Community mortality rates

 Community births, N (%)

36,924 (40.1)

8641 (4.2)

47,568 (34.4)

6828 (21.2)

39,952 (47.9)

102,989 (22.4)

 

 MMR < 42 days, n/N (rate/100,000 deliveries)

65/36,354 (179)

8/8594 (93)

39/46,954 (83)

23/6710 (343)

36/39,724 (91)

106/101,982 (104)

1.72 (1.30, 2.28)

 Stillbirth, n/N (rate/1000)

1948/36,922 (52.8)

782/8641 (90.5)

1023/47,567 (21.5)

328/6828 (48.0)

705/39,952 (17.6)

2838/102,988 (27.6)

0.76 (0.60, 0.97)

 28-day neonatal mortality, n/N (rate/1000)

1531/34,669 (44.2)

318/7854 (40.5)

689/46,380 (14.9)

183/6495 (28.2)

805/39,169 (20.6)

1995/99,898 (20.0)

1.72 (1.49, 1.99)

Facility mortality rates

 Facility births, N (%)

55,147 (59.9)

198,057 (95.8)

90,538 (65.6)

25,315 (78.8)

43,519 (52.1)

357,429 (77.6)

 

 Maternal deaths < 42 days, n/N (rate/100,000 deliveries)

146/53,893 (271)

155/196,347 (79)

65/88,915 (73)

45/24,835 (181)

33/42,965 (77)

298/353,062 (84)

3.15 (2.57, 3.86)

 Stillbirth, n/N (rate/1000)

2974/55,146 (53.9)

4236/198,055 (21.4)

1783/90,538 (19.7)

921/25,315 (36.4)

905/43,519 (20.8)

7845/357,427 (21.9)

2.34 (2.07, 2.64)

 28-day neonatal mortality, n/N (rate/1000)

2735/51,761 (52.8)

4170/193,652 (21.5)

1278/88,251 (14.5)

558/24,375 (22.9)

1131/42,509 (26.6)

7137/348,787 (20.5)

2.48 (2.24, 2.75)