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Table 3 Place of death by time of death and place of delivery

From: A prospective key informant surveillance system to measure maternal mortality – findings from indigenous populations in Jharkhand and Orissa, India

 

Place of death

 

Home

Facility

Transit to facility

Transit from facility

Field

 

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

All Deaths

60.2

62

28.2

29

5.8

6

4.9

5

1

1

Time of Death

          

Ante-partum

60.0

15

32.0

8

8.0

2

    

Intra-partum (< 48 hours)

58.7

27

21.7

10

8.7

4

10.9

5

  

Postpartum (< 42 days)

62.5

15

37.5

9

      

Late maternal deaths (42 days – 1 year)

50.0

2

50.0

2

      

Pregnancy related

75.0

3

0

     

25.0

1

Place of delivery

          

Home

68.3

41

23.3

14

3.3

2

3.3

2

1.7

1

Facility

  

88.9

8

  

11.1

1

  

Died during pregnancy

61.8

21

20.6

7

11.8

4

5.9

2

  

n = 103