Cause of death distribution and estimation of annual number of maternal deaths by cause.

<p>Datasource: Indian SRS 2001–3 data, SRS 2004–6 MMR and UN live birth and death estimates for India 2005. ICD-10 categorization of cause of death <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0083331#pone.0083331-WHO3" target="_blank">[14]</a> MDS - Million Death Study <i>^a</i>Unweighted sample count of maternal deaths <i>^b</i>Survey weighted, (95%CI), rounded to nearest 100th. <i>^c</i>Includes ill-defined obstetric deaths (n = 205), antenatal and postpartum suicide (n = 24), vascular accidents (n = 16), and uterine inversion (n = 2). <i>^d</i>Includes ‘unanticipated’ anesthetic complications (n = 4). Compare with proportion of unweighted maternal deaths reported with RGI categorization: hemorrhage (38%, estimated total deaths for 2005 = 26 000), other (34%, total = 23 500), sepsis (11%, total = 7600), abortion (8%. total = 5500), obstructed labour (5%, total = 3400), and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (5%, total = 3400) <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0083331#pone.0083331-RGI1" target="_blank">[1]</a>.