Early detection of maternal deaths in Senegal through household-based death notification integrating verbal and social autopsy: a community-level case study

Table 1 Case by case analysis of maternal deaths occurring in 2011 (n = 5)

	CASE 1	CASE 2	CASE 3	CASE 4	CASE 5
Age of Mother (Years)	39	35	32	15	20
Gestational Age (Months)	9	5	9	9	5
Place of Childbirth	Home	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital
Place of Death	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital
Cause of Death	PPH	PPH	PPH	PPH	Eclampsia
Pathway to Survival^#	Level 1	Level 4	Level 4	Level 4	Level 4
Pathway to Survival^#	Level 2	Level 4	Level 4	Level 4	Level 4

^#Weaknesses in the Continuum of care using the Pathway to Survival Framework: Level 1 – Recognizing Illness or need for care; Level 2 – Seeking Assistance; Level 3 – Referring appropriately; Level 4 – Receiving adequate treatment.

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