Cause of death among reproductive age group women in Maharashtra, India.

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dc.contributor.authorKulkarni, Ragini
dc.contributor.authorChauhan, Sanjay
dc.contributor.authorShah, Bela
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Geetha
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-30T06:25:08Z
dc.date.available2011-11-30T06:25:08Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.description.abstractBackground & objectives: Reliable data on mortality and morbidity among women of reproductive age group are scarce in India. The present study is the Maharashtra component of a large multicentric task force study on the cause of death by verbal autopsy conducted in five States of India. The data pertaining to deaths among reproductive age group women are presented along with the factors contributing to these deaths. Methods: House-to-house surveys of a representative population from rural and urban areas in six districts of Maharashtra were undertaken by probability of proportion to size (PPS) sampling. Information on death was obtained from the relatives of the deceased and cause of death was assigned using the standardized algorithm prepared. International Classification of Diseases – ICD- 10 was used to code the assigned cause of death. Results: A total of 103 deaths in reproductive age group women were investigated, of which 7 (5.6%) were maternal while 96 (93.2%) were due to non maternal causes. Six out of seven maternal deaths were in rural area. Among the non maternal deaths, 46.8 per cent women had symptoms suggestive of anaemia and the leading cause of death was infectious and parasitic diseases (25%), tuberculosis being the top killer in this group. This was followed by injury and poisoning (20.8%), suicides being the leading cause in this category. Among non-communicable diseases, cancers contributed to 10.6 per cent deaths among which cancer esophagus and cancer cervix took a major toll. Interpretation & conclusion: Communicable diseases, injury and poisoning and cancers are the major killers among reproductive age group women. Several factors responsible for accidents and suicides also contributed substantially to the mortality load among these women. Majority of the maternal deaths were seen in rural areas indicating the need to strengthen the maternal health care.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKulkarni Ragini, Chauhan Sanjay, Shah Bela, Menon Geetha. Cause of death among reproductive age group women in Maharashtra, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2010 Aug; 132(2): 150-154.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/135558
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2010/august/0804.pdfen_US
dc.subjectMaternal deathsen_US
dc.subjectnon maternal deathsen_US
dc.subjectreproductivity age group womenen_US
dc.subjectverbal autopsyen_US
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshCause of Death
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care --methods
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshMaternal Mortality
dc.subject.meshQuality of Health Care --standards
dc.titleCause of death among reproductive age group women in Maharashtra, India.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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