@article{ref1,
title="Beyond pregnancy - the neglected burden of mortality in young women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study",
journal="British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology: BJOG",
year="2013",
author="Labrique, Ab and Sikder, Ss and Wu, L. and Rashid, M. and Ali, H. and Ullah, B. and Shamim, Aa and Mehra, S. and Klemm, R. and Banu, H. and West, Keith P. and Christian, P.",
volume="120",
number="9",
pages="1085-1089",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1470-0328",
doi="10.1111/1471-0528.12245",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.12245"
}