Table 6

Univariate associations between 10 independent variables and maternal mortality outcomes for 32 Mexican states, 2002–2011

	MMR						MMR_AO						iAMR
Variable	β	SE	95% CI		R²	p Value	β	SE	95% CI		R²	p Value	β	SE	95% CI		R²	p Value
Variable	β	SE	Lower	Upper	R²	p Value	β	SE	Lower	Upper	R²	p Value	β	SE	Lower	Upper	R²	p Value
Female literacy (%)	−1.16	0.26	−1.700	−0.627	0.38	<0.001	−0.08	0.03	−0.155	−0.007	0.11	0.033	−0.07	0.02	−0.117	−0.021	0.20	0.007
Low birth weight (%)	2.05	0.92	0.173	3.937	0.11	0.033	0.33	0.09	0.134	0.534	0.26	0.002	0.17	0.07	0.025	0.319	0.13	0.023
Skilled attendance at birth (%)	−0.52	0.27	−1.067	0.023	0.08	0.060	−0.08	0.03	−0.140	−0.020	0.17	0.010	−0.03	0.02	−0.073	0.015	0.02	0.192
Intimate-partner violence (%)	−0.86	0.52	−1.931	0.205	0.05	0.109	−0.06	0.06	−0.189	0.066	0.00	0.332	−0.05	0.04	−0.138	0.034	0.02	0.230
All-abortion hospitalisation ratio (per 100 live births)	−1.71	0.51	−2.750	−0.678	0.25	0.002	−0.11	0.06	−0.247	0.022	0.05	0.099	−0.10	0.04	−0.187	−0.009	0.11	0.033
Constitutional amendment (yes)	1.93	3.36	−4.946	8.809	0.01	0.571	0.22	0.39	−0.575	1.019	−0.02	0.574	−0.20	0.26	−0.742	0.340	−0.01	0.454
Abortion legislation (less permissive)	−7.31	3.13	−13.710	−0.911	0.12	0.027	−0.47	0.38	−1.263	0.310	0.01	0.226	−0.31	0.26	−0.843	0.232	0.01	0.255
Contraceptive use (%)	−0.64	0.25	−1.165	−0.130	0.15	0.016	−0.04	0.03	−0.106	0.023	0.02	0.195	−0.05	0.02	−0.093	−0.012	0.16	0.013
TFR	9.51	6.56	−3.899	22.927	0.03	0.158	0.46	0.78	−1.134	2.063	−0.02	0.557	1.21	0.48	0.221	2.216	0.14	0.018
Clean water (%)	−0.66	0.15	−0.970	−0.355	0.37	<0.001	−0.03	0.02	−0.076	0.012	0.03	0.152	−0.03	0.01	−0.065	−0.009	0.16	0.012
Sanitation (%)	−0.79	0.18	−1.174	−0.425	0.36	<0.001	−0.03	0.02	−0.090	0.017	0.02	0.177	−0.04	0.01	−0.075	−0.005	0.12	0.026

iAMR, induced abortion mortality ratio; MMR, maternal mortality ratio; MMR_AO, MMR with abortive outcome; TFR, average total fertility rate between 2002–2011.