Analgesia during Labor and Vaginal Birth among Women with Severe Maternal Morbidity: Secondary Analysis from the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health

Table 2

Global performance of analgesia for women with Severe Maternal Morbidity, the prevalence in different geographic regions of the world and prevalence ratio.

World Region (n)	SMM with Analgesia	SMM without Analgesia	PR (CI)
Asia (5,314)	343 (6.5)	4,971 (93.5)	1
Africa (2,479)	8 (0.3)	2,471 (99.7)	0.07 (0.02 – 0.24)
Latin America (1,995)	250 (12.5)	1,745 (87.5)	1.62 (0.91 – 2.90)
World (9,788)	601 (6.1)	9,187 (93.9)	-

Statistical test: Chi-square with Yates’ correction.