Research Article

Analysis of the Severe Maternal Outcomes between Resource-Poor and Resource-Rich Hospitals in China’s Hunan Province from 2012 to 2018

Table 1

Summary of deliveries, severe maternal outcomes, and near miss indicators in women admitted to resource-poor and resource-rich hospitals in Hunan Province from 2012 to 2018.

Resource-poor hospitalsTotal2012201320142015201620172018

All hospitalized pregnant women (number)29698537227402164352343536478834752937071
Live births (number)27940736095380854060041237452504456633574
Pregnancy complications (number)1247914638120071828520061237052331722778
Severe maternal outcome cases (number)51875866876548277
Maternal near miss cases (number)48971836572507672
Maternal death cases (number)294334465
Overall near miss indicators
Severe maternal outcome ratio (per 1000 live births) 95% CI1.85 (1.70-2.02)2.082.261.671.841.191.842.29
Maternal near miss ratio (per 1000 live births) 95% CI1.75 (1.60-1.91)1.972.181.601.751.101.712.14
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100000 live births) 95% CI10.38 (6.95-14.90)11.087.887.399.708.8413.4614.89
Maternal near miss mortality ratio (MNM : MD)16.8617.7527.6721.6718.0012.5012.6714.40
Mortality index (%)5.605.333.494.415.267.417.326.49
Resource-rich hospitalsTotal2012201320142015201620172018
All hospitalized pregnant women (number)24414324659268463167535285441754369937804
Live births (number)23238624086256043026233684421084138335259
Pregnancy complications (number)1499974711114261951821912299973309129342
Severe maternal outcome cases (number)1299111175182168222200241
Maternal near miss cases (number)1262108170177161216193237
Maternal death cases (number)373557674
Overall near miss indicators
Severe maternal outcome ratio (per 1000 live births) 95% CI5.59 (5.29-5.90)4.616.836.014.995.274.836.84
Maternal near miss ratio (per 1000 live births) 95% CI5.43 (5.14-5.74)4.486.645.854.785.134.666.72
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100000 live births) 95% CI15.92 (11.51-21.95)12.4619.5316.5220.7814.2516.9211.34
Maternal near miss mortality ratio (MNM : MD)34.1136.0034.0035.4023.0036.0027.5759.25
Mortality index (%)2.852.702.862.754.172.703.501.66