Table 4 Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births recorded from the Egyptian National Maternal Death Surveillance System, 2018–2021.

From: Maternal mortality in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic using record-based data from January 2020 to December 2021

 

Maternal mortality ratio

Test of significance

(P1)

2018

2019

2020

2021

Assuit

61.9

60.9

68.9

70.9

0.93 (0.334)

Kafr El-Sheikh

36.44

33.48

29.79

56.55

4.62 (0.032*)

El-Behira

34.80

37.80

40.42

50.6

3.05 (0.081)

Fayoom

39.25

48.13

58.57

71.65

11.11 (< 0.001)*

Test of significance

(P2)

11.17

(0.01)*

9.92 (0.019)*

18.81 (< 0.001)**

5.3

(0.15)

 

Total

43.0975

45.0775

49.42

62.425

3.74 (0.053)

Total pre& post

COVID-19

44.0875

55.9225

1.40 (0.236)

  1. Test of significance: chi-square test p < 0.01: significant*, p < 0.001: highly significant**.
  2. P1 for comparing MMR within each governorate across years.
  3. P2 for comparing MMR among governments in each year.
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