Fig. 1
From: Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries
Distribution of causes of maternal death (38 countries). São Tomé & Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Ecuador reported only direct causes of maternal death; HEM=hemmorrhage; PEE=pre-eclampsia, eclampsia; OBSTR=obstructed/prolonged labor; RU=ruptured uterus; SEP=sepsis; AB=abortion; EC=ectopic pregnancy; OTH DIR=other direct causes of death; IND=indirect causes of death; UNSPEC=unspecified/unknown cause of death