Table 5 COVID-19-Specific and proportionate maternal mortality recorded from the Egyptian National Maternal Death Surveillance System, 2020–2021.

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

Governorate

COVID-19 specific maternal mortality

Proportionate maternal mortality

2020

2021

Both years

Test of significance (P1)

2020

2021

Both years

Test of significance (P1)

Assuit

8.99

20.89

14.94

4.74 (0.029)*

5.77

6.94

6.36

0.11 (0.739)

Kafr El-Sheikh

8.94

32.52

20.73

13.41 (< 0.001)**

2.79

4.62

3.71

0.45 (0.502)

El-Behira

5.05

12.93

8.99

3.45 (0.063)

5.087

5.33

5.21

0.005 (0.943)

Fayoom

9.58

24.23

16.905

6.35 (0.012)*

7.31

7.74

7.53

0.01 (0.921)

Test of significance

(P2)

1.6 (0.659)

8.72 (0.033)

4.68 (0.196)

 

2.02 (0.567)

1.00

(0.801)

1.4 (0.708)

 

Total

8.14

22.643

 

6.83 (0.009)*

5.24

6.16

 

0.07 (0.792)*

  1. Test of significance: chi-square test p < 0.01: significant*, p < 0.001: highly significant**.
  2. P1 for comparing COVID-19 specific and proportionate maternal mortality within each governorate across years.
  3. P2 for comparing COVID-19 specific and proportionate maternal mortality among governments in each year.
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