The incidence of severe acute maternal morbidity in 16 studies in Sub-Saharan Africa published between 1995 and 2012.

SAMM: Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity; MI: Mortality Index (# of maternal deaths divided by the sum of near-miss cases and maternal deaths) TB: Total births; D: Deliveries; Hem: Hemorrhage; Dyst: Dystocia (includes uterine rupture); HTN: Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy (severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia); Anem: Anemia; Infect: Infection;
†Data from the year 2000 published by Vandecruys et al [50] were also published in Cochet et al [48]. In this table, those data were removed from Vandecruys et al [50] to avoid duplication.
*In Prual et al [54], 109 Cesarean sections performed for scarred uterus, fetal distress, and premature rupture of membranes that did not meet criteria for severe dystocia were subtracted from the total number of severe maternal morbidities as these ostensibly did not directly threaten the life of the mother.