Comparability of sociodemographic and pregnancy characteristics of pregnancy-related deaths identified via the sisterhood method versus the household/verbal autopsy method

The sociodemographic characteristics of women with pregnancy-related deaths identified via the two methods were similar. However, some pregnancy characteristics differed significantly, suggesting that different policy interventions are required. Before considering using sister proxy characteristics to target services, issues responsible for these differences should be resolved, and generalizability of evaluated indicators must be considered.