title: Beyond pregnancy--the neglected burden of mortality in young women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe proportionate mortality and causes of death unrelated to pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rural northwest Bangladesh.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cohort of 133,617 married women of reproductive age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Verbal autopsies were conducted for women who died whilst under surveillance in the cohort trial. Physician-assigned causes of death based on verbal autopsies were used to categorise deaths.
  
  
  METHODS
  The proportion of deaths due to non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, injury or pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1107 deaths occurring among women between 2001 and 2007, 48% were attributed to non-communicable diseases, 22% to pregnancy, 17% to infections, 9% to injury and 4% to other causes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although focus on pregnancy-related mortality remains important, more attention is warranted on non-communicable diseases among women of reproductive age.
authors: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. alabriqu@jhsph.edu
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Labrique
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Sikder
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Wu
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Rashid
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Ali
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Ullah
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Shamim
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mehra
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Klemm
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Banu
authors: K P
authors: KP
authors: West
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Christian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality*
keywords: Bangladesh; South Asia; low-income settings; non-communicable disease; reproductive age; verbal autopsy
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