Table 2.

Primary causes of maternal deaths by time of death

Primary cause of death	Ante-partum		Intra-partum (< 48 hours)		Post-partum (< 42 days)		Total
	%	(n)	%	(n)	%	(n)	%	(n)
All Deaths	24.2	(23)	48.4	(46)	27.4	(26)
Haemorrhage	8.7	(2)	39.1	(18)	15.4	(4)	25.3	(24)
Malaria	47.8	(11)	10.9	(5)	23.1	(6)	23.2	(22)
Sepsis	4.3	(1)	13.0	(6)	34.6	(9)	16.8	(16)
Hypertensive disorder	21.7	(5)	10.9	(5)	11.5	(3)	13.7	(13)
Obstructed Labour			17.4	(8)			8.4	(8)
Anaemia					3.8	(1)	1.1	(1)
Embolism					7.7	(2)	2.1	(2)
Abortion	8.7	(2)					2.1	(2)
Other direct*			6.5	(3)	3.8	(1)	4.2	(4)
Other indirect**	8.7	(2)	2.2	(1)			3.2	(3)
n = 95

* Retained placenta and obstetric shock

** Tuberculosis and heart disease