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Table 6 Correlation of Maternal Mortality Ratio with other covariates

From: Modeling trends of health and health related indicators in Ethiopia (1995-2008): a time-series study

S#

Covariates

Corr. coefficient

P-Value

1

GDP per capita

-0.7087

0.0045

2

Adult Literacy Rate

-0.8286

0.0003

3

Total Fertility Rate

0.9981

0.0000

4

Physicians per 100,000 Population

-0.7774

0.0011

5

Nurses per 100,000 Population

-0.8749

0.0000

6

Hospitals per 100,000 population

-0.9679

0.0000

7

Health Centres per 100,000 population

-0.9079

0.0000

8

Antenatal care coverage

-0.8041

0.0005

9

Skilled Birth Attendant

-0.7328

0.0029

10

Postnatal care coverage

-0.8144

0.0004

11

Contraceptive Prevalence rate

-0.8151

0.0004

12

Recurrent Health Expenditure per capita

-0.6835

0.0070

  1. Source: UNDP 2008