Table 2.

Thematic area on barriers to reporting deaths in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone, 2017

Code	Category	Theme
1.1.1 Reporting only required during Ebola	1.1 Lack of awareness to report all deaths	Barriers to reporting deaths in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak
1.1.2 No more need to report to 1-1-7
1.1.3 Only Ebola-like deaths should be reported
1.2.1 No services for people while alive	Lack of reciprocal benefit
1.2.2 Too much focus on dead people
1.2.3 Nothing done for sick people
1.2.4 Nothing happens if you report
1.2.5 No help with burial
1.2.6 Just a government line
1.3.1 Old-age/God’s time	1.3 Perceived inevitability of certain deaths
1.3.2 Long-term illness or disability
1.4.1 Islamic requirement to bury within 24 hours	1.4 Needing to bury promptly
1.4.2 Body recovered from drowning
1.4.3 Body recovered from fire
1.4.4 Young child
1.4.5 Sick for long time
1.5.1 Wanting to forget about 1-1-7	1.5 Negative experiences from the Ebola outbreak
1.5.2 Reporting brings sadness to family
1.5.3 Painful memory of Ebola
1.5.4 Burial delays during Ebola
1.5.5 Restrictions on traditional burials
1.5.6 Fear of quarantine
1.5.7 Fear of ambulance
1.5.8 Line was used during Ebola
1.5.9 Do not like the number