TABLE 2.

Initial causes of obstetric hemorrhage‐related deaths in the Netherlands between 2006 and 2019

	n (%) (n = 17)	MMR (live births = 2 473 951)
Obstetric hemorrhage considered as the underlying cause of death
Uterine atony	3 (18)	0.12
Retained placenta	5 (29)	0.20
Remnant of placental tissue	3 (18)	0.12
Cesarean section‐related	4 (23)	0.16
Ruptured interstitial pregnancy	1 (6)	0.04
Spontaneous splenic rupture	1 (6)	0.04
	n (%) (n = 10)	MMR (live births = 2 47 951)
Causes with obstetric hemorrhage in the chain of events leading to death
Amniotic fluid embolism	6 (60)	0.24
Preeclampsia	2 (20)	0.08
Septic shock	2 (20)	0.08

Abbreviation: MMR, maternal mortality ratio.