Table 2.

Characterisation of death cases of the serious adverse events (SAEs) after oral contraceptive drugs

Drug	No	Date*	Age	SAE	Death	Hospitalisation	Adverse event (PT)	Causality assessment
Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives	1	15 May 2012	28	Yes	Yes	No	Pulmonary embolism	—†
	2	19 Nov 2012	26	Yes	Yes	No	Hypoesthesia, pulmonary embolism, medication error	—†
	3	02 July 2014	—†	Yes	Yes	No	Pulmonary embolism	—†
	4	30 Mar 2016	—†	Yes	Yes	Yes	Thrombosis, atherosclerosis	Possible
	5	07 Apr 2016	35	Yes	Yes	No	Thromboembolism	Possible
Second/third generation oral contraceptives	1	18 Jan 2016	32	Yes	Yes	No	Cardiac arrest	Possible

*Date on which recognising adverse event occurrence.

†— refers to missing data.

PT, preferred term.