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Beyond pregnancy – the neglected burden of mortality in young women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Labrique AB,
Sikder SS,
Wu L,
Rashid M,
Ali H,
Ullah B,
Shamim AA,
Mehra S,
Klemm R,
Banu H,
West KP,
Christian P
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0528.12245
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , prospective cohort study , cohort , verbal autopsy , cohort study , cause of death , demography , obstetrics , pediatrics , environmental health , disease , surgery , genetics , sociology , biology
Objective To describe proportionate mortality and causes of death unrelated to pregnancy. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Rural northwest B angladesh. 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.