Lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among Zambian women: district-level estimates from the 2010 census

Richard Banda (), Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Knut Fylkesnes and Fanny Janssen
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Richard Banda: Central Statistical Office
Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy: University of Bergen
Knut Fylkesnes: University of Bergen
Fanny Janssen: University of Groningen

Journal of Population Research, 2016, vol. 33, issue 3, No 4, 263-281

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study was to examine district differentials in the lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among females aged 15–49 in Zambia. We used data on household deaths collected in the 2010 census to estimate the lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among females in Zambia. Using all-cause age-specific death rates, we generated female life tables for 74 districts and estimated person-years of exposure to all-cause mortality at each age. We then applied age-specific pregnancy-related mortality rates to the person-years of exposure to obtain estimates of adult lifetime risk that took account of competing causes of death. We used the ArcGIS software to analyse clustering and the spatial distribution of risk. A female aged 15 in Zambia had a 3.7 % chance of dying a pregnancy-related death before the age of 50. At district level, the lifetime risk ranged from 1.7 to 7.7 %. The Global Moran’s I was 0.452 (z-score 5.8, p value

Keywords: Pregnancy-related death; Lifetime risk; Census; Zambia; Maternal mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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