From: Correlates of maternal mortality in developing countries: an ecological study in 82 countries
Indicators | Mean (SD) | Range |
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Maternal mortality (deaths per 100, 000 live births) | 311(268) | 7–1360 |
Socio-economic variables | ||
 GNI per capital (atlas method) | 1701(1249) | 260–4280 |
 Unemployment rate | 8(8.2) | 1–39 |
 Health expenditure (% of GDP) | 5.76(2.73) | 1.5–13.7 |
 Adult Literacy rate (%) | 67(21) | 32–100 |
 Early marriage (%) | 23(19) | 7–45 |
Health care system related variables | ||
 Antenatal care coverage (%) | 78(28.7) | 41–100 |
 Skilled delivery coverage (%) | 62.8(30) | 16–100 |
 Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (%) | 35.4(23.4) | 4–80 |
 Unmet need prevalence (%) | 18(11.4) | 5–48 |
 Total fertility per a women | 3.8(1.4) | 1.3–7.6 |
 Crude birth rate per 1000 | 29.5(9) | 11–49 |
 Ratio of Physician to 1000 population | 0.5(0.8) | 0.1–3.5 |
 Ratio of Nurse and Midwife to 1000 population | 1.4(2.14) | 0.1–11.9 |
 Improved water coverage (%) | 75(22.7) | 40–100 |
 Improved sanitation coverage (%) | 47.8(29) | 7–100 |
Disease burden related variables | Â | Â |
 TB incidence rate per 100, 000 population | 195.4(163) | 1–788 |
 HIV incidence rate (15–49 yrs) | 0.134(0.36) | 0.01–2.36 |
 Anemia during pregnancy prevalence (%) | 37.5(14) | 19–64 |