Others causes include septicaemia ruptured uterus and complications of unsafe abortions each accounting for 57 of causes. The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy irrespective of the cause of death.
Maternal Health Health Research Program
The global maternal mortality rate The pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity ratio is an estimate of the number of pregnancy-related deaths and complications for every 100000 live births.
Causes of maternal mortality. Since the determination of the causes and risk factors for maternal mortality is the prerequisite for the implementation of any program to reduce maternal mortality several studies have been. There is limited data on hospital-based maternal mortality in Tanzania. Maternal mortality refers to deaths due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth.
In addition the pathological processes of some preexisting diseases such as chronic heart diseases. Maternal morbidities are the anaemias chronic malnutrition pelvic inflammations liver and kidney diseases. 8 More recently the Global Burden of Disease GBD study9 provided estimates of maternal causes of death for the main direct causes as part of.
This translates into an average annual rate of reduction of 29 per cent. Hypertension was the second most common direct cause worldwide 140 111174. Maternal infections and parasitic diseases as well as other maternal diseases complicating pregnancy childbirth and the puerperium are the major causes.
Haemorrhage was the leading direct cause of maternal death worldwide representing 271 199362 of maternal deaths. Blood pressure disorders of pregnancy including preeclampsia and eclampsia. According to the World Health Organization WHO the following cause the majority of maternal deaths around the world 4.
The objective of this study was to determine the causes and maternal mortality trends in public hospitals of Tanzania from 20062015. From 2000 to 2017 the global maternal mortality ratio declined by 38 per cent from 342 deaths to 211 deaths per 100000 live births according to UN inter-agency estimates. Late maternal death Late maternal is death of a woman from direct or indirect obstetric causes more than 42 days but less than one year after termination of pregnancy Pregnancy related death defined as.
Like maternal deaths late maternal deaths also include both direct and indirect maternalobstetric deaths. The common causes of maternal mortality in India are anaemia haemorrhage sepsis obstructed labour abortion and toxaemia. The top leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity include hemorrhage infection high blood pressure unsafe abortion and obstructed labor.
The six leading or major or direct causes of maternal mortality in Ogun State are shown in Fig. According to the National Institute of Health NIH eclampsia convulsions in a pregnant woman resulting from high blood pressure which are often followed by a coma is one of the top three causes of maternal mortality worldwide. Background Maternal mortality is among the most important public health concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa.
More than two thirds of reported haemorrhage deaths were classified as postpartum haemorrhage. Cardiac disease is the most common cause of indirect death. Severe bleeding sometimes called hemorrhage Infections.
In some cases rather than being merely a contributing condition morbid obesity has become the main underlying cause of maternal death with the understanding that had obesity not been present haemorrhage eclampsia or cardiac death might not have occurred. Complications of labor and delivery. The indirect maternal mortality rate has not changed significantly since 2003.
A late maternal death is the death of a woman from direct or indirect obstetric causes more than 42 days but less than one year after termination of pregnancy. Haemorrhage accounts for 434 of causes while pre-eclampsia or eclampsia accounts for 360 of deaths. The study found a weak correlation between provincial HIVprevalence and maternal mortality ratio.
Methods and findings This retrospective study was conducted between July and. In 2006 we reported haemorrhage and hypertensive disorders as the leading causes of maternal mortality in developing regions.
