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Table 2 Causes of maternal deaths

From: Causes of maternal and child mortality among Cambodian sex workers and their children: a cross sectional study

Causes of maternal deaths among sex workers (N = 32)

Causes of maternal deaths in Cambodiaa (N = 153)

Abortion

13

(41%)

6 (4%)

HIV

5

(16%)

Obstructed labor

3

(9%)

Suicide

3

(9%)

Accident

2

(6%)

Murder

1

(3%)

Postpartum hemorrhage

1

(3%)

55 (36%)

Unknown

4

(13%)

Other direct causes

 

32 (21%)

Pre-eclampsia

 

30 (20%)

Sepsis

 

12 (8%)

Heart disease

 

11 (7%)

Uterine rupture

 

5 (3%)

Anemia

 

2 (1%)

  1. aBased on unpublished data from the Cambodian National Maternal and Child Health Centre of maternal deaths in 2010 reported by Liljestrand