Table 4 Comparison of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in ICD-MM groups in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, 2018-2019
ICD-MM group and cause of death | Zimbabwe, 2018-2019 | Southern Africa (SA), 2018-2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 2018-2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage (95% CI) | Rank | Percentage (95% CI) | Rank | Percentage (95% CI) | Rank | |||
O3: Obstetric haemorrhage | 25% (18%-33%) | 1 | 25% (24%-27%) | 1 | 29% (27%-31%) | 1 | ||
O7: Non-obstetric complications | 21% (15%-29%) | 2 | 23% (22%-24%) | 2 | 19% (16%-21%) | 3 | ||
O2: Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy | 18% (12%-26%) | 3.5 | 18% (17%-19%) | 3 | 22% (20%-24%) | 2 | ||
O1: Pregnancies with abortive outcome | 18% (12%-26%) | 3.5 | 7.5% (6.7%-8.4%) | 6 | 7.2% (5.3%-9.1%) | 5 | ||
O5: Other obstetric complications | 7.3% (3.6%-13%) | 5 | 3.6% (3.1%-4.3%) | 7 | 5.0% (3.1%-7.0%) | 6 | ||
O4: Pregnancy-related infections | 4.4% (1.6%-9.3%) | 6 | 8.8% (8%-10%) | 5 | 12% (10%-13%) | 4 | ||
O8: Unknown/undetermined causes | 2.1% (0.5%-6.3%) | 7 | 3.5% (2.9%-4.1%) | 8 | 2.5% (0.0%-4.9%) | 8 | ||
O9: Coincidental causes | 1.0% (0.0%-5.0%) | 8 | 0.0% | 9 | 0.0% | 9 | ||
O6: Unanticipated complications of management | 0.7% (0.0%-4.0%) | 9 | 10% (10%-11%) | 4 | 4.0% (1.6%-6.3%) | 7 | ||
Total deaths | 137 |  | 3736 |  | 11 431 |  | ||