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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women with pregnancy related deaths by province: South Africa 2007–2015

From: Maternal mortality by socio-demographic characteristics and cause of death in South Africa: 2007–2015

Characteristic

WC

EC

NC

FS

KZN

NW

GT

MP

LP

OTHER

ALL

Maternal age

 10–14

4 (2.7)

31 (20.9)

5 (3.4)

12 (8.1)

37 (25.0)

10 (6.8)

23 (15.5)

12 (8.1)

13 (8.8)

1 (0.7)

148 (1.0)

 15–19

80 (5.2)

244 (16.0)

35 (2.3)

120 (7.9)

397 (26.0)

99 (6.5)

254 (16.6)

129 (8.5)

167 (10.9)

1 (0.1)

1526 (10.2)

 20–24

179 (5.9)

372 (12.3)

53 (1.8)

261 (8.6)

739 (24.4)

223 (7.4)

613 (20.3)

293 (9.7)

287 (9.5)

7 (0.2)

3027 (20.3)

 25–29

256 (6.8)

460 (12.3)

86 (2.3)

273 (7.3)

819 (21.9)

285 (7.6)

834 (22.3)

332 (8.9)

395 (10.5)

7 (0.2)

3747 (25.2)

 30–34

184 (5.8)

386 (12.2)

69 (2.2)

258 (8.1)

647 (20.4)

280 (8.8)

730 (23.0)

288 (9.1)

325 (10.2)

7 (0.2)

3174 (21.3)

 35–39

115 (6.0)

223 (11.6)

35 (1.8)

149 (7.7)

357 (18.5)

163 (8.4)

470 (24.4)

174 (9.0)

236 (12.2)

8 (0.4)

1930 (13.0)

 40+

91 (6.8)

192 (14.3)

41 (3.1)

131 (9.8)

240 (17.9)

116 (8.7)

259 (19.3)

122 (9.1)

144 (10.7)

4 (0.3)

1340 (9.0)

Maternal education

 None

15 (3.8)

51 (12.8)

20 (5.0)

28 (7.0)

90 (22.5)

40 (10.0)

46 (11.5)

55 (13.8)

52 (13.0)

3 (0.8)

400 (2.7)

 Primary

48 (3.1)

255 (16.7)

52 (3.4)

192 (12.6)

354 (23.2)

133 (8.7)

139 (9.1)

190 (12.4)

160 (10.5)

5 (0.3)

1528 (10.3)

 High School

110 (2.2)

682 (13.7)

105 (2.1)

517 (10.4)

1313 (26.3)

264 (5.3)

705 (14.1)

623 (12.5)

657 (13.2)

7 (0.1)

4983 (33.5)

 University

19 (1.7)

117 (10.7)

20 (1.8)

99 (9.0)

281 (25.7)

54 (4.9)

214 (19.6)

133 (12.2)

153 (14.0)

4 (0.4)

1094 (7.3)

 Unspecified

717 (10.4)

803 (11.7)

127 (1.8)

368 (5.3)

1198 (17.4)

685 (9.9)

2079 (30.2)

349 (5.1)

545 (7.9)

16 (0.2)

6887 (46.2)

Marital status

 Unmarried

490 (4.7)

1293 (12.4)

248 (2.4)

762 (7.3)

2648 (25.4)

878 (8.4)

1938 (18.6)

1025 (9.8)

1111 (10.7)

22 (0.2)

10,415 (69.9)

 Married

176 (7.1)

401 (16.1)

40 (1.6)

277 (11.2)

332 (13.4)

158 (6.4)

539 (21.7)

234 (9.4)

318 (12.8)

8 (0.3)

2483 (16.7)

 Unspecified

243 (12.2)

214 (10.7)

36 (1.8)

165 (8.3)

256 (12.8)

140 (7.0)

706 (35.4)

91 (4.6)

138 (6.9)

5 (0.3)

1994 (13.4)

Occupation

 Professional

19 (5.0)

49 (12.9)

5 (1.3)

37 (9.7)

76 (20.0)

15 (3.9)

88 (23.2)

47 (12.4)

43 (11.3)

1 (0.3)

380 (2.6)

 Semi-professional

76 (6.7)

125 (11.0)

54 (4.8)

119 (10.5)

196 (17.3)

82 (7.2)

158 (13.9)

176 (15.5)

144 (12.7)

4 (0.4)

1134 (7.6)

 Unspecified

97 (4.8)

250 (12.3)

38 (1.9)

167 (8.2)

519 (25.5)

158 (7.7)

448 (22.2)

182 (8.9

179 (8.8)

1 (0.0)

2039 (13.7)

 Non-professionala

717 (6.3)

1484 (13.1)

227 (2.0)

881 (7.8)

2445 (21.6)

921 (8.1)

2489 (22.0)

945 (8.3)

1201 (10.6)

29 (0.3

11,339 (76.1

Death Place

 Hospital

579 (5.3)

1435 (13.2)

225 (2.1)

876 (8.1)

2537 (23.4)

767 (7.1)

2291 (21.1)

976 (9.0)

1155 (10.6)

18 (0.2

10,859 (72.9)

 Home

52 (3.5)

168 (11.4)

34 (2.3)

198 (13.4)

295 (19.9)

168 (11.4)

186 (12.6)

222 (15.0)

150 (10.1)

7 (0.5)

1480 (9.9)

 Unspecified

278 (10.9)

305 (11.9)

65 (2.5)

130 (5.1)

404 (15.8)

241 (9.4)

706 (27.7)

152 (6.0)

262 (10.3)

10 (0.4)

2553 (17.1)

 Total

909 (6.1)

1908 (12.8)

324 (2.2)

1204 (8.1)

3236 (21.7)

1176 (7.9)

3183 (21.4)

1350 (9.1)

1567 (10.5)

35 (.2)

14,892 (100)

  1. aThis category is classified by StatsSA as inclusive of armed forces, occupation unspecified and not elsewhere classified