The impacts of maternal mortality and cause of death on children’s risk of dying in rural South Africa: evidence from a population based surveillance study (1992-2013)

Table 3 Child causes of death according to mother’s survival status, Agincourt health and demographic surveillance system, South Africa, 1992 – 2013. Data reported as number (%). Early maternal death defined as death during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of most recent childbirth or identified cause of death, and late maternal death as death from 43 to 365 days after childbirth. Child causes of death classified by InterVA-4 based on VA interviews.

	Survives (n= 1703)	Early maternal death (n= 14)	Late maternal death (n= 13)	Other death (n= 17)	p-value
HIV/AIDS or TB	398 (23)	1 (7)	7 (54)	7 (41)	0.010
Diarrhoeal diseases	155 (9)	0 (0)	2 (15)	1 (6)	0.565
Respiratory infections	338 (20)	3 (21)	2 (15)	0 (0)	0.166
Other infectious diseases	100 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6)	1.000
Nutritional disorders	27 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Neonatal	233 (14)	6 (43)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.005
External	62 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.000
Other	49 (3)	1 (7)	1 (8)	0 (0)	0.256
Unknown	341 (20)	3 (21)	1 (8)	8 (47)	0.041

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