A Statistical Comparative Analysis of Changes in Selected Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Bangladesh: A Road Map for Nigeria
Onah, Solomon Inalegwu
Abstract
Nigeria failed to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 and is currently on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 of reducing the maternal mortality rate in the country to under 70 death per 100,000 live births. This study aims to examine trends of maternal mortality in Nigeria and Bangladesh and analyse the impact of changes in selected determinants on maternal mortality in both countries between 1985 and 2020. Pearson correlation and linear regression tests were used to identify the strength and impact of the association between these determinants and maternal mortality. The results from this study reveal that Bangladesh witnessed a significant rise in female literacy rates and female secondary school enrolment which were strongly negatively associated with maternal mortality. The increase in female literacy and female secondary school enrolment was approximately twice that experience in Nigeria, in the same period. In Bangladesh, every unit decline in adolescent fertility rate averted 7.16 deaths per 100,000 live births. The percentage of government total expenditure on health in Nigeria shows a moderate negative Pearson correlation when compared to the maternal mortality ratio. The opposite was however the case in Bangladesh. This may suggest that health expenditure alone is incapable of reducing maternal mortality. From the empirical result of this study, policymakers in Nigeria will need to pay close attention to the sociocultural determinants of maternal mortality in a multi-sectoral approach.
Keywords
Nigeria; Bangladesh; Maternal Mortality; Sociocultural Determinants
Cite This Article
Onah, S. I. (2023). A Statistical Comparative Analysis of Changes in Selected Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Bangladesh: A Road Map for Nigeria. International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA), Volume 4| Issue 4: Jul-Aug 2023, Pages 597-601, URL: https://www.ijscia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Volume4-Issue4-Jul-Aug-No.477-597-601.pdf
Volume 4 | Issue 4: Jul-Aug 2023
