Table 1

Summary of the characteristics of health regions and their activities in 2014, the period preceding the implementation of UBT.

Data

North-Center

North-West

North-East

Number of health districts (n ​= ​27)

11

7

9

Number of reference hospitals (n ​= ​16)

8

4

4

Number of maternity (n ​= ​247)

102

70

75

Number of functional operating rooms (n ​= ​13)

6

3

4

Number of gynecologists (n ​= ​13)

5

2

6

Number of physicians acting as gynecologists (n ​= ​58)

14

0

44

Number of nurses (n ​= ​286)

132

67

87

Number midwives (n ​= ​939)

236

465

238

Number of women of reproductive age (n ​= ​573,537)

351,909

57,983

163,645

Number of vaginal deliveries (n ​= ​77,094)

47,617

10,564

18,913

Number of LB (n ​= ​76,277)

47,074

10,445

18,758

Number of MD (n ​= ​173)

91

47

35

Ratio of MD (226.8MD/100,000 LB)

193.3

449.5

186.6

Blood banks (n ​= ​16)

10

3

3

Availability (%)

 Oxytocin

100

100

100

 Misoprostol

25

25

25

  • LB: live births; UBT: uterine balloon tamponade; MD: maternal deaths.