Table 3.

Maternal deaths in relation to mode of delivery

Type of childbirth	Direct		Indirect		Unknown		Total death
	n	Percent	n	Percent	n	Percent	n	Percent
NVD*	168	39.5%	67	35.1%	8	28.6%	243	37.7%
C/S**	252	59.2%	122	63.9%	19	67.9%	393	60.9%
Forceps	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Vacuum	4	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.9%
Pharmacologic	1	0.2%	2	1.0%	1	3.5%	4	0.6%
No response	12	-	7	-	0	-	19	-
Total	438	100.0%	198	100.0%	28	100.0%	664	100.0%

^*Normal vaginal delivery;

^**Cesarean section