Fig. 1From: Association between maternal mortality and caesarean section in Ethiopia: a national cross-sectional studyCauses of death among women who had CS in hospitals in Ethiopia in 2015. *Other direct causes: these includes maternal complications such as organ failure, complications of anaesthetic, thromboembolism, and other problems including premature rupture of membrane and breech presentation, which might finally end in direct obstetric complications such as sepsis and obstructed labour. **Other indirect: this incudes other nonspecific potentially life threatening indirect obstetric conditions including heart disease, tuberculosis and incidental causes such as accidentsBack to article page