TABLE 3.

—Causes of Maternal Death: New York City, 1997

	Routine Surveillance	Active Surveillance	Total
Cause of Death	(n = 16), No.	(n = 14), No.	(n = 30), No.
Eclampsia	2	1	3
Complications of therapy	2	5	7
Puerperal infection	0	1	1
Malignancy of placenta	0	2	2
Pulmonary embolism	7	1	8
DIC/ectopic	0	1	1
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	0	2	2
Thoracic aortic aneurysm	0	1	1
Amniotic fluid embolism	3	0	3
DIC/abruptio placentae	1	0	1
Uterine rupture	1	0	1

Note. Causes of death were determined on the basis of medical record review by a physician rather than the ICD-9 codes noted on the death certificate. DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulation.