Table 1.

Description of 26 fatal health episodes

ID	Age	Sex	Wealth status	Ethnic group	Access to facility	Place and timing of death	Type of delay
1	2 years	Boy	Middle	Lavee	Good	Home on 3rd day	1
2	1 year	Boy	Middle	Lavee	Good	Hospital after 20 months of ill health	3
3	5 months	Girl	Poor	Alak	Low	Home after 5 months of ill health	1, 3
4	12 years	Boy	Poor	Alak	Low	Home on 15th day of illness	1, 2
5	1, 2 and 3 days old	Triplets	Middle	Tarieng	Good	Home on 1st , 2nd and 3rd day after birth	1, 2, 3
6	Mother and fetus	Mother	Middle	Mangkhong	Good	Hospital 13 hours after labor started	3
7	3 days		Middle	Mangkhong	Good	Hospital on 3rd day after birth	1, 2,3
8	9 years	Girl	Middle	Lao Loum	Good	On way home from HC after 4 days of illness
9	3years	Boy	Poor	Mangkhong	Low	On way home from the hospital on the 9th day of illness	1, 2
10	6 years	Girl	Poor	Mangkhong	Low	Home on 7th day	1
11	4 years	Boy	Poor	Mangkhong	Low	Home after 10 days of illness	1, 2
12	2 months	Twin girls	Middle	Lao Loum	Good	Home on 3rd and 4th day of illness	1, 2
13	1 month	Triplet boys	Middle	Lao Loum	Good	Home after 4 weeks of life	1, 3
14	3years	Girl	Poor	Lavee	Low	Home on 5th day	1,2
15	Stillborn		Poor	Alak	Good	Home	2
16	4 days	Girl	Poor	Lavee	Low	Home on 4th day of illness	1, 2
17	2 years	Girl	Poor	Mangkhong	Good	Home on 9th day of illness	1, 2, 3
18	2 years	Boy	Middle	Lavee	Good	At home on 6th day of illness	1, 3
19	Stillborn		Poor	Alak	Good	Home
20	Woman	Mother	Poor	Mangkhong	Good	On way to hospital after delivery	1,2,3

Type of delay:

1 = delay in making a decision to seek care;

2 = delay in reaching the health facility;

3 = delay in receiving care at a health facility upon arrival.