Variation in maternal mortality in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: A population based cross sectional household survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Maternal mortality studies conducted at national level do not provide information needed for planning and monitoring health programs at lower administrative levels. The aim of this study was to measure maternal mortality, identify risk factors and district level variations in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A cross sectional population-based survey was carried in households where women reported pregnancy and birth outcomes in the past five years. The study was conducted in the Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia, from July 2019 to May 2020. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was employed. The outcome variable of the study was maternal mortality. Complex sample logistic regression analysis was applied to assess variabl

SUBMITTER: Kea AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9990948 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature