Using equitable impact sensitive tool (EQUIST) to promote implementation of evidence informed policymaking to improve maternal and child health outcomes: a focus on six West African Countries

Table 5 Six West African Countries Maternal mortality numbers by six major Epidemiological Causes

Counntry/ Year	Situational description	Ante-partum	Intra-partum	Post-partum	Hypertensive	Maternal sepsis	Complicated abortion
Benin/2014	Atlantique	16	16	16	25	19	14
	Mono	6	6	6	9	7	5
	Rural	54	54	54	83	64	47
	Urban	51	50	50	78	60	44
	Poorest	23	23	23	36	27	20
	Richest	23	23	23	36	27	20
Burkina-Faso/2010	Boude du Mou.	23	3	42	45	29	27
	Centre(exc.Ouaga)	8	0.84	14	15	10	9
	Rural	170	18	308	324	209	195
	Urban	35	4	63	67	43	40
	Poorest	44	5	80	85	55	51
	Richest	36	4	65	68	44	41
Ghana/2014	Ashanti	46	46	46	71	55	40
	Upper East	7	7	7	10	8	6
	Rural	120	118	118	184	141	104
	Urban	117	116	116	180	137	101
	Poorest	53	52	52	81	62	46
	Richest	43	43	43	66	51	37
Mali/2013	Koulikoro	70	69	69	108	82	61
	Kidal	2	2	2	3	2	2
	Rural	223	220	220	342	262	193
	Urban	120	119	119	184	141	104
	Poorest	69	68	68	106	81	60
	Richest	96	62	62	96	73	54
Nigeria/2013	North-West	1726	1707	1707	2656	2030	1499
	South-West	273	270	270	420	321	237
	Rural	2737	2707	2707	4211	3218	2376
	Urban	2240	2215	2215	3446	2634	1945
	Poorest	1153	1140	1140	1774	1356	1001
	Richest	1052	1040	1040	1618	1237	913
Senegal/2014	Dakar	29	28	28	44	34	25
	Kedougou	2	2	2	3	2	2
	Rural	108	106	106	166	127	93
	Urban	58	57	57	89	68	50
	Poorest	39	39	39	61	46	34
	Richest	27	27	27	42	32	24

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