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. 2014 Oct 29;7:10.3402/gha.v7.25368. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25368

Table 3.

Cause-specific mortality rates per 1,000 person-years for 12,939 deaths among women aged 15–49 for whom a verbal autopsy interview was successfully completed, from 14 INDEPTH Network HDSS sites, also showing for each cause of death the proportion of pregnancy-related cases

Cause of death Bangladesh: Matlab Bangladesh: AMK Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou Côte d'Ivoire: Taabo Ghana: Navrongo Ghana: Dodwa The Gambia: Farafenni Kenya: Kilifi Kenya: Kisumu Kenya: Nairobi Malawi: Karonga Senegal: Niakhar South Africa: Agincourt South Africa: Africa Centre % Pregnancy related
01.01 Sepsis (non-obstetric) 0.006 0.013 0.030 0.021 0.006 0.003 0.011 0.00
01.02 Acute resp infect, incl pneumonia 0.140 0.128 0.033 0.201 0.252 0.407 0.755 0.088 1.271 0.199 1.087 0.254 0.898 0.366 11.06
01.03 HIV/AIDS-related death 0.010 0.315 0.871 1.064 0.633 0.637 0.879 9.236 2.208 5.032 1.322 7.851 7.701 4.63
01.04 Diarrhoeal diseases 0.028 0.016 0.138 0.125 0.128 0.071 0.024 0.101 0.010 0.038 0.409 0.112 0.037 3.98
01.05 Malaria 0.034 0.587 0.057 1.471 0.854 0.045 1.611 0.044 0.615 0.412 0.252 0.054 12.47
01.07 Meningitis and encephalitis 0.017 0.022 0.063 0.231 0.160 0.385 0.047 0.350 0.219 0.193 0.184 0.076 0.394 6.63
01.09 Pulmonary tuberculosis 0.275 0.304 0.032 0.226 0.314 0.954 1.116 0.245 5.845 2.326 1.369 0.651 4.094 12.950 3.38
01.99 Other and unspecified infect dis 0.017 0.009 0.084 0.019 0.205 0.032 0.002 0.174 0.032 0.007 0.042 0.021 9.63
02.01 Oral neoplasms 0.019 0.010 0.011 0.057 0.011 0.028 0.007 0.056 0.010 0.020 0.032 0.038 4.22
02.02 Digestive neoplasms 0.231 0.259 0.096 0.035 0.932 0.510 0.406 0.064 0.346 0.029 0.355 0.131 0.333 0.207 2.05
02.03 Respiratory neoplasms 0.074 0.116 0.067 0.038 0.067 0.083 0.016 0.057 0.253 0.069 0.054 0.266 0.266 6.89
02.04 Breast neoplasms 0.076 0.040 0.046 0.037 0.310 0.078 0.114 0.008 0.082 0.018 0.086 0.185 0.206 0.136 1.01
02.06 Reproductive neoplasms 0.063 0.057 0.059 0.216 0.084 0.276 0.043 0.166 0.053 0.549 0.144 0.268 0.342 4.47
02.99 Other and unspecified neoplasms 0.041 0.070 0.023 0.014 0.025 0.136 0.021 0.014 0.060 0.047 2.91
03.01 Severe anaemia 0.024 0.043 0.005 0.021 0.016 0.038 0.007 0.102 0.020 19.30
03.02 Severe malnutrition 0.003 0.021 0.027 0.021 0.020 0.028 0.062 0.008 0.016 3.76
03.03 Diabetes mellitus 0.021 0.012 0.018 0.054 0.047 0.005 0.011 0.025 0.009 0.040 0.156 0.077 6.34
04.01 Acute cardiac disease 0.024 0.057 0.029 0.062 0.261 0.021 0.011 0.062 0.057 0.074 0.020 0.031 11.86
04.03 Sickle cell with crisis 0.007 0.004 0.010 100.00
04.02 Stroke 0.268 0.238 0.131 0.084 0.115 0.269 0.322 0.062 0.136 0.031 0.229 0.254 0.122 6.27
04.99 Other and unspecified cardiac dis 0.115 0.167 0.017 0.072 0.117 0.071 0.034 0.086 0.378 0.433 0.058 0.233 0.435 13.15
05.01 Chronic obstructive pulmonary dis 0.007 0.049 0.017 0.008 0.009 0.027 0.159 0.028 10.69
05.02 Asthma 0.043 0.016 0.008 0.071 0.006 0.033 0.060 0.020 0.066 0.372 0.058 17.57
06.01 Acute abdomen 0.194 0.162 0.144 0.162 0.451 0.487 0.408 0.047 0.751 0.104 0.467 0.434 0.178 0.172 6.55
06.02 Liver cirrhosis 0.025 0.078 0.028 0.045 0.029 0.025 0.003 0.084 0.009 0.049 0.032 15.48
07.01 Renal failure 0.018 0.013 0.006 0.033 0.030 0.027 0.003 0.064 0.008 0.081 11.54
08.01 Epilepsy 0.019 0.014 0.043 0.058 0.050 0.119 0.014 0.051 0.016 0.023 0.025 0.057 0.037 3.30
98 Other and unspecified NCD 0.042 0.049 0.008 0.017 0.014 0.055 0.029 0.406 0.023 0.042 0.083 10.26
10.06 Congenital malformation 0.008 0.00
12.01 Road traffic accident 0.018 0.033 0.016 0.309 0.220 0.116 0.046 0.062 0.116 0.078 0.292 0.284 0.62
12.02 Other transport accident 0.012 0.00
12.03 Accid fall 0.003 0.004 0.013 0.106 0.048 0.212 0.008 0.015 0.013 0.024 0.00
12.04 Accid drowning and submersion 0.024 0.021 0.034 0.129 0.016 0.058 0.026 0.00
12.05 Accid expos to smoke, fire, and flame 0.012 0.016 0.008 0.008 0.015 0.166 0.040 0.024 0.00
12.06 Contact with venomous plant/animal 0.004 0.012 0.101 0.026 0.138 0.032 0.00
12.10 Exposure to force of nature 0.017 0.00
12.07 Accid poisoning and noxious subs 0.004 0.010 0.008 0.002 0.011 0.00
12.08 Intentional self-harm 0.254 0.469 0.090 0.025 0.025 0.079 0.046 0.074 0.018 0.379 0.121 1.06
12.09 Assault 0.069 0.032 0.080 0.061 0.030 0.070 0.100 0.053 0.020 0.372 0.461 2.83
12.99 Other and unspecified external CoD 0.003 0.00
09.01 Ectopic pregnancy 0.012 0.035 0.008 0.003 0.020 0.018 0.005 0.032 100.00
09.02 Abortion-related death 0.042 0.082 0.069 0.009 0.059 0.025 0.077 0.004 0.015 100.00
09.03 Pregnancy-induced hypertension 0.080 0.069 0.017 0.082 0.036 0.054 0.229 0.060 0.074 0.027 0.053 0.067 0.048 0.117 100.00
09.04 Obstetric haemorrhage 0.073 0.223 0.073 0.122 0.156 0.226 0.693 0.127 0.251 0.095 0.315 0.346 0.167 0.077 100.00
09.05 Obstructed labour 0.006 0.010 0.010 0.003 0.013 0.004 0.025 0.013 100.00
09.06 Pregnancy-related sepsis 0.024 0.041 0.039 0.028 0.516 0.024 0.090 0.141 0.036 0.211 0.039 0.051 100.00
09.07 Anaemia of pregnancy 0.002 0.007 0.038 0.009 0.007 0.009 0.071 0.015 0.195 0.040 0.036 100.00
09.08 Ruptured uterus 0.004 0.052 100.00
09.99 Other and unspecified maternal CoD 0.012 0.060 0.006 0.031 0.061 0.042 0.484 0.005 0.088 0.047 0.119 0.038 0.027 100.00
99 Indeterminate 0.263 0.181 0.154 0.304 1.567 1.329 1.559 0.177 2.016 0.749 0.824 1.538 2.891 0.967 10.67