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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jun 4;221(5):489.e1–489.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.05.045

TABLE 2.

Causes and associated 12-month incidence rates of post-partum death, ranked in descending order, among women delivering in California, 2010-2012.

Underlying cause N deaths Incidence rate (per 100,000 person-years) 95% CI around incidence rate
Obstetric complications/disease 69 6.52 5.15, 8.25
Drug-related 39 3.68 2.69, 5.04
Circulatory system disease 36 3.40 2.45, 4.71
Cancer 34 3.21 2.29, 4.49
Other unintentional injuries 33 3.12 2.22, 4.38
Homicide 17 1.61 1.00, 2.58
Suicide 15 1.42 0.85, 2.35
All other causes 57 5.38 4.15, 6.98