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Table 7 Comparison of tariffs for five different causes of maternal death with tariffs for cervical cancer

From: Improving performance of the Tariff Method for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies

Symptom or text item

Anemia

Hemorrhage

Hypertensive disorder

Other maternal causes

Sepsis

Cervical cancer

Death during labor or delivery

191

52.5

141.5

121.5

0

0

Excessive bleeding after delivery or abortion

83

145.5

50

36.5

59.5

0

Duration of labor

132.5

0

53

75

0

0

Excessive bleeding during labor or delivery

73.5

61.5

62

46.5

0

0

Duration of pregnancy

77

34

68.5

51.5

0

0

Death within 6 weeks of childbirth

57.5

67.5

66

39

72

0

Bleeding during pregnancy

0

52.5

62

84

0

0

word_cesarean

0

52.5

71

65.5

0

0

Pregnant at the time of death

36.5

17

34.5

35.5

14.5

0

word_pregnanc

27

21.5

27

36

23.5

0

word_deliv

24

35

18.5

25.5

26.5

0

Death within 6 weeks of an abortion

30.5

25.5

0

39

64.5

0

word_babi

0

20

15

27

0

0

Excessive vaginal bleeding in week before death

11

23.5

8

13

9

5.5

Death during an abortion

0

44

0

0

0

0

word_womb

17

0

10.5

14

19

0

How many weeks was her period overdue?

8

13

9

9.5

6

0

word_birth

0

14

4

11

12.5

0

Vaginal bleeding other than her period

4.5

11.5

3.5

7.5

6

7