Table 1

Abortion-related severe morbidity, near-miss and mortality indicators by pregnancy trimester and by region in Uganda

Region and trimester distributionSevere abortion morbidityAbortion near-missAbortion-related deathsLive birthsSevere abortion morbidity ratioAbortion near-miss ratioAbortion-related mortality ratio
SAMANMSAMRANMRAMR
Nn/% of reported SAM, 95% CINper 100 000 live births
All women3315150745.5, 31.1 to 59.8371.1, 0.1 to 2.1160 701206393823
Timing of abortion
 First trimester145958940.4, 22.5 to 61.250.3, 0.1 to 1.3
 Second trimester104449947.8, 36.4 to 59.4212.0, 0.8 to 5.0
 Trimester not indicated81241951.6, 35.6 to 67.3111.4, 0.7 to 2.4
Central region178575742.4, 31.3 to 54.3130.7, 0.4 to 1.4118 674150463811
 First trimester62528445.4, 39.6 to 51.210.2*
 Second trimester54321239.0, 32.4 to 45.661.1, 0 to 9.4
 Trimester not indicated61726138.9, 33.0 to 44.861.0, 0 to 9.0
Eastern region153075049.0, 23.2 to 75.3241.6, 0.4 to 5.642 0273641178557
 First trimester83430536.6, 31.2 to 42.040.5, 0 to 7.4
 Second trimester50128757.3, 51.6 to 63.0153.0, 0 to 11.6
 Trimester not indicated19515881.0, 74.9 to 87.152.7, 0 to 16.9
  • Estimates are not weighted for regions.

  • *Insufficient observations for CI computation.

  • AMR, abortion-related mortality ratio; ANM, abortion near-miss; ANMR, Abortion near-miss ratio; SAM, severe abortion morbidity; SAMR, severe abortion morbidity ratio.