Table 4. Causes of maternal death (n (%)), by mode of delivery (Senegal and Mali, October 2007-October 2008).

Cause of death	Spontaneous vaginal delivery	Operative vaginal delivery	Intrapartum CS	Pre-labor CS	All deliveries
Post-partum haemorrhage	94 (45.0)	8 (36.3)	61 (39.4)	2 (100.0)	165 (42.5)
Hypertensive complications	28 (13.4)	10 (45.4)	39 (25.2)	0	77 (19.9)
Obstructed labor	1 (0.5)	0	5 (3.2)	0	6 (1.5)
Puerperal infection	5 (2.4)	2 (9.1)	25 (16.1)	0	32 (8.3)
Rupture of the uterus	0	0	1 (0.6)	0	1 (0.2)
Other direct obstetric causes	14 (6.7)	1 (4.6)	9 (5.8)	0	24 (6.2)
Other indirect obstetric causes	64 (30.6)	1 (4.6)	15 (9.7)		80 (20.6)
Unknown	3 (1.4)	0	0	0	3 (0.8)
Total	209 (100.0)	22 (100.0)	155 (100.0)	2 (100.0)	388 (100.0)

CS, cesarean section.