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Table 4 Crude Odds Ratio(OR) and 95% Confidence Interval of causes of maternal mortality according to age group, educational level, regional difference and marital status of 602 women in the reproductive age 15-49 years

From: Distribution of causes of maternal mortality among different socio-demographic groups in Ghana; a descriptive study

Variables

Haemorrhage(Ante partum and Postpartum)

OR (95%CI)

Other Infectious Diseases

OR(95%CI)

Abortion(Medical, Attempted, failed, other, unspecified)

OR (95%CI)

Miscellaneous

OR (95%CI)

Other non-Infectious diseases

OR (95%CI)

Age group(years)

     

12-14

-

-

*

-

-

15-19

0.6(0.2-1.5)

0.6(0.3-1.5)

1.6(0.8-3.3)

1.6(0.6-4.2)

0.9(0.4-2.3)

20-24

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

25-29

1.3(0.7-2.4)

0.6(0.3-1.2)

0.4(0.2-0.8)

.3(0.6-3.1)

1.4(0.7-2.7)

30-34

1.7(0.9-3.3)

0.6(0.3-1.1)

0.6(0.3-1.2)

1.8(0.8-4.6)

0.5(0.2-1.2)

35-39

2.7(1.4-5.0)

0.5(0.2-1.0)

0.2(0.1-0.6)

2.0(0.9-4.6)

0.7(0.3-1.6)

40-44

1.3(0.6-3.0)

0.4(0.1-1.1)

0.6(0.2-1.5)

3.5(1.5-8.7)

0.6(0.2-1.8)

45-49

0.7(0.2-3.5)

-

2.1(0.7-6.8)

0.8(0.1-6.3)

1.0(0.2-4.6)

Educational level

     

Never Attended

1.1(0.3-4.3)

2.6(0.3-20.6)

1.5(0.2-12.0)

0.9(0.2-4.1)

1.0(0.2-4.9)

Basic Education

0.9(0.3-3.5)

1.6(0.2-12.8)

2.0(0.3-15.7)

0.9(0.2-4.1)

0.6(0.1-3.0)

Senior High Sch.

0.8(0.2-3.4)

1.9(0.2-16.7)

2.9(0.3-24.6)

0.9(0.2-4.7)

0.7(0.1-4.0)

Tertiary/Higher

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

Residence

     

Urban

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

Rural

1.3(0.9-2.0)

1.1(0.7-1.7)

1.1(0.7-1.7)

0.9(.6-1.5)

1.1(0.7-1.9)

Marital Status

     

Single

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

1(Ref.)

Married

3.3(1.6-6.8)

1.7(0.8-3.5)

0.2(0.1-0.3)

0.9(0.5-1.7)

0.9(0.5-1.7)

  1. *The age group 12-14years were left out because there was not enough data (only 2cases) to be included in the model for logistic regression analysis.
  2. - No data