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. 2014 Feb 20;14:78. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-78

Table 2.

Attributed cause of death, timing of death, use of misoprostol, place of delivery, and provider at delivery from verbal autopsy data from operations research in Bangladesh assessing the feasibility and acceptability of community-based use of misoprostol and a postpartum hemorrhage blood loss measurement tool (N=117)

Cause of death Number of maternal deaths % distribution by cause Timing of death 1
Took misoprostol Place of delivery 2
Attendant at delivery
Before delivery During delivery After delivery Home Facility Skilled attendant 3 Unskilled attendant 4
Direct obstetric causes
 110
 94.0
 24
 17
 67
 27
 44
 34
 37
 67
  PPH and bleeding related
 54
 46.2
 4
 7
 42
 17
 34
 15
 19
 31
  Antepartum hemorrhage (APH)
 5
 4.3
 1
 3
 1
 1
 0
 2
 1
 4
  Eclampsia
 27
 23.1
 11
 3
 13
 3
 4
 12
 11
 14
  Obstructed labor
 2
 1.7
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
  Ruptured uterus
 2
 1.7
 1
 0
 1
 1
 1
 0
 0
 2
  Other direct causes
 20
 17.1
 7
 2
 10
 5
 5
 5
 6
 14
Indirect causes
 7
 6.0
 3
 0
 4
 0
 3
 1
 1
 6
Total 117 100.0 27 17 71 27 47 35 38 73

1Two women are missing information on timing of death, one who died of PPH and onewho died of other direct causes.

2Options were: home, upazilla health complex, upazilla health and family welfare center, private hospital/clinic, government hospital, maternal and child welfare center, in between hospital and home, other, and not applicable. “Facility” is all categories except home, between hospital and home, other, and not applicable.

3Skilled attendant is doctor or nurse/midwife.

4Unskilled includes RDRS TBA, untrained TBA, relative, village doctor, self, and other.