Table 1.

Characteristics of Bereaved Family Members.

Characteristic		Deceased Relationship to participant
Identified gender		Father	5
Female	24	Mother	12
Male	10	Husband	6
Total	34	Wife	7
Age		Grandmother	3
19–29	2	Father-in-law	1
30–39	0	Daughter-in-law	1
40–49	2	Sister	1
50–59	6	Uncle	1
60–69	14	Friend	8
70–79	6	Friend’s child	1
80–89	2	Stranger	1
Not known	2	Total*	47
Total	34

^*The total exceeds the number of participants because some BFMs talked about more than one death