Table 1

Indicators and causes of death used in the InterVA-M model
Indicators		Causes

was she pregnant at death	had professional assistance at delivery	HIV/AIDS related death
died within 6 w of delivering a baby	was delivery by Caesarean	malaria
died within 6 w of early pregnancy ending	was delivery by forceps/Ventouse	tuberculosis (pulmonary)
said to be non-pregnant 6 wks before death	did uterus came out after delivery	hepatitis
was she married at time of death	any swelling of feet and ankles	cardiovascular disease
was death during wet season	any swelling of face	respiratory disease
was she aged under 20 yrs	any blurred vision	injury
was she aged 20 to 34 yrs	any acute abdominal pain	suicide
was she aged 35 to 49 yrs	any foul smelling vaginal discharge	cancer
had she ever been pregnant	any previous Caesarian section	---------------------------------------
was she breast-feeding before death	any stiff neck	not pregnant within 6 weeks of death
was the pregnancy unwanted	any excessive night sweats	pregnancy ended within 6 weeks of death
any attempt to terminate pregnancy	any enlarged swollen glands	pregnant at death
was this her first pregnancy	any persistent cough > 3 wks	---------------------------------------
were there >4 previous pregnancies	any persistent fever > 3 wks	haemorrhage
was this a multiple pregnancy	was she coughing up blood	pregnancy-related sepsis
was she < 3 months pregnant at death	any jaundice or yellowness of skin/eyes	non-pregnancy related infection
any history of acute fever	any ulceration or infected wound	obstructed labour
any required IV or IM antibiotics	was she immunized against tetanus	ruptured uterus
was there coma >24 hrs before death	did she require iron injections	pregnancy-induced hypertension
did she ever have fits	any diagnosis of epilepsy	abortion
any pallor and/or anaemia	any diagnosis of TB	anaemia
any general swelling of body	any diagnosis of HIV/AIDS	ectopic pregnancy
breathless carrying out normal activities	any diagnosis of thrush
any weight loss	any diagnosis of Karposi's sarcoma
Recently bed bound for most of day	any diagnosis of malaria
any sudden collapse	any diagnosis of liver disease
any blood transfusion required	any diagnosis of haemoglobinopathy
hysterectomy shortly before death	any surgery in month before death
any recurrent fever	any diagnosis of cancer
any shivering with fever	any diagnosis of heart disease
major bleeding in 1^st3 months of preg	any suggestion of recent injury
major bleeding in pregnancy or delivery	any suggestion of suicide
did the placenta remain inside
was death within 24 hrs of preg ending
any delay in reduction of uterus size
was blood pressure raised during preg
any proteinuria reported
were fits only pregnancy related
was labour prolonged >24 hr
was a baby delivered alive
did she die in labour undelivered
was baby's position abnormal
was baby too big for delivery
was part of baby prolapsed
was delivery at home
was delivery at a health facility

Fottrell et al. Population Health Metrics 2007 5:1 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-5-1