Citation

Labrique A, Sikder S, Wu L, Rashid M, Ali H, Ullah B, Shamim A, Mehra S, Klemm R, Banu H, West KP, Christian P. BJOG 2013; 120(9): 1085-1089.

Affiliation

Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1471-0528.12245

PMID

23647788

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe proportionate mortality and causes of death unrelated to pregnancy. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Rural northwest Bangladesh. POPULATION: A cohort of 133 617 married women of reproductive age. METHODS: Verbal autopsies were conducted for women who died whilst under surveillance in the cohort trial. Physician-assigned causes of death based on verbal autopsies were used to categorise deaths. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The proportion of deaths due to non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, injury or pregnancy. RESULTS: Of the 1107 deaths occurring among women between 2001 and 2007, 48% were attributed to non-communicable diseases, 22% to pregnancy, 17% to infections, 9% to injury and 4% to other causes. CONCLUSIONS: Although focus on pregnancy-related mortality remains important, more attention is warranted on non-communicable diseases among women of reproductive age.

Language: en