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Table 1 Region’s characteristics

From: Eight-year experience of maternal death surveillance in Morocco: qualitative study of stakeholders’ views at a subnational level

Region

R (A)

R (B)

R (C)

R (D)

National

Source

Area (km2)

40 423

28 374

19 448

53 789

710 850

1

Population

4 236 892

2 520 776

7 122 876

2 676 847

33 848 242

Urban population % (min. – max)a

60,5 (13,0–98,2)

49,1 (18,2–69,7)

73,6 (18,9–100)

56,1 (29,5–94,9)

60,3 (34,3–93,4)

WRA (2016)

1 173 795

687 696

1 876 257

761 555

9 318 000

2

Number of births per year (2016)

82 902

52 615

126 400

51 658

674 227

% Births attended by skilled health personnel (2016)

84,8

76,6

94,3

86,8

86,6

3

% C—section

24,3

15,7

23,1

25,7

21,1

% Antenatal care coverage—at least four visits (2016)

53,7

37,1

59,4

54,6

53,5

Number of maternal deaths (2016)

38

25

24

36

298

4

MDSS implementation scoring (0 – 30 points)

7,9

23,9

17,5

24,4

14,9

5

  1. 1. High Commission for Planning (HCP), Morocco. https://www.hcp.ma/links/Les-sites-des-Directions-regionales-et-Provinciales-du-HCP_ai61143.html
  2. 2. Health statistics 2016, Service des Etudes et de l’Information Sanitaire (SEIS), MOH, Morocco. https://www.sante.gov.ma/Documents/2019/11/Sant%C3%A9%20en%20chiffres%202016.pdf
  3. 3. Morocco DHS, 2018. https://www.sante.gov.ma/Documents/2020/03/Rapport%20ENPSF% 202,018% 202i % C3%A8me%20%C3%A9dition.pdf
  4. 4. MDSS 2017, Health regions
  5. 5. Abouchadi S. Le système de surveillance des décès maternels au Maroc: Pour optimiser la prise de décision au niveau des régions [Dissertation on internet]. Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB); 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/ 341,974
  6. aVariances in urban population between districts within the same region