Optimal Profile Limits for Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) Influenced by Haemorrhage and Unsafe Abortion in South Sudan

Table 2

Correlation between all the causes and MMR (excluding hypertension as independent variable).

Variables & -val		MMR	Hae	Sep	Prolo	Uns	Indire
MMR		1	0.99	0.76	0.84^∗∗∗	0.83^∗∗∗	0.89^∗∗∗
			0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Haem		0.991^∗∗∗	1	0.79^∗∗∗	0.830^∗∗∗	0.79^∗∗∗	0.840^∗∗∗
		0.000		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.000
Sepsi		0.756^∗∗∗	0.79^∗∗∗∗	1	0.525^∗∗∗	0.51^∗∗∗∗	0.437^∗
		0.000	0.00		0.003	0.00	0.016
Polo		0.845^∗∗∗	0.83^∗∗∗	0.52^∗∗∗	1	0.72^∗∗∗	0.724^∗∗∗
		0.000	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.00
Unsaf		0.822^∗∗∗	0.79^∗∗∗	0.58^∗∗∗	0.538^∗∗∗	1	0.790^∗∗∗
Indir		0.887^∗∗∗	0.84^∗∗∗	0.44^∗	0.724^∗∗∗	0.79^∗∗∗	1
		0.000	0.00	0.02	0.000	0.00

The value in Table 2 represents the correlation between the variables and the -value represents the two tailed -value for the test of associations between the two variables.^∗∗∗Correlation is significant at 0.01 (2-tailed).^∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).