Maternal Mortality in India: Causes and Healthcare Service Use Based on a Nationally Representative Survey
Figure 3
Proportion of highest healthcare sought by timing of direct maternal death.
x-axis: Survey weighted proportion of timing of direct maternal death (n = 919) with respect to the pregnancy: early termination (spontaneous or therapeutic), term antenatal complication (≥7 months), intrapartum, postpartum. y-axis: Highest healthcare sought at onset of complication leading to death: routine admission to health-facility/hospital for abortion or labour, emergency admission for complication, community consultation for complication, no facility-based healthcare utilization at time of complication.