Maternal morbidity and mortality in ElShatby and Dar Ismail maternity hospitals in Alexandria: A comparative study

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine.

Available online 10 February 2017

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Distribution of delivered women at El Shatby and Dar Ismail hospital according to their antenatal morbidity.

Table 1 The distribution of delivered women at El Shatby and Dar Ismail hospitals by socio-demographic characteristics

Socio-demographic characteristics	Hospitals				Total		Test of significance (p-value)
	ElShatby		Dar Ismail		(n = 280)
	(n = 130)		(n = 150)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
15	10	7.7	10	6.7	20	7.1	p = 0.012^*
20	28	21.5	49	32.6	77	27.5
25	37	28.5	52	34.7	89	31.7
30	33	25.4	27	18	60	21.4
35	18	13.8	9	6	27	9.6
40–44	4	3.1	3	2	7	2.5
Mean ± SD	29.5 ± 6.096		26.02 ± 4.769		27.9 ± 5.723
Residence
Urban	92	70.8	125	83.3	217	77.5	p = 0.012^*
Rural	38	29.2	25	16.7	63	22.5
Consanguinity
Yes	34	26.2	24	16	58	20.7	P = 0.037^*
No	96	73.8	126	84	222	79.3

* Statistically significant at p < 0.05.

Table 2 The distribution of delivered women at El Shatby and Dar Ismail hospital according to their morbidity and care during their natal period.

Natal care and morbidity	Hospital					Total		Test of significance (p-value)
	El Shatby			Dar Ismail		(n = 280)
	(n = 130)			(n = 150)
	n	%		n	%	n	%
Type of labor
Normal delivery	50	39.5		88	58.7	138	49.3	P < 0.001
Caesarean section	80	61.5		62	41.3	142	50.7
ICU admission
Yes	23	17.7	0		0	23	8.2	^FEp < 0.001^*
No	107	82.3	150		100	257	91.8
Postnatal health education of mother
Yes	23	17.7	83		55.3	106	37.9	P < 0.001
No	107	82.3	67		44.7	174	62.1
Start of breast feeding
No breast feeding	36	27.7	17		11.3	53	19	P < 0.001
Within 1 h	7	5.4	23		15.33	30	10.7
From 1 to 6 h	32	24.6	59		39.33	91	32.5
>6 h	55	42.3	51		34	106	37.8

ICU: Intensive Care Unit.

* Statistically significant at p < 0.05.

Fig. 2 Distribution of delivered women at El Shatby and Dar Ismail according to their post natal morbidity.