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Table 1 Description of maternal mortality ratio and health and health related indicators among developing countries, 2008–16

From: Correlates of maternal mortality in developing countries: an ecological study in 82 countries

Indicators

Mean (SD)

Range

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

  

 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