Causes of maternal mortality.
Causes of maternal mortality.
Haemorrhage accounts for 43 4 of causes while pre eclampsia or eclampsia accounts for 36 0 of deaths.
Hemorrhage complications of abortion other direct obstetric causes and late maternal deaths are the top four leading causes of maternal mortality worldwide causes of death varied by regions and countries from 1980 to 2013.
Every day in 2017 approximately 810 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Cause specific maternal mortality ratios stillbirth rates and neonatal mortality rates are shown in the appendix.
The six leading or major or direct causes of maternal mortality in ogun state are shown in fig.
Between 2000 and 2017 the maternal mortality ratio mmr number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births dropped by about 38 worldwide.
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14 of late maternal deaths were due to suicide.
94 of all maternal deaths occur in low and lower middle income countries.
Others causes include septicaemia ruptured uterus and complications of unsafe abortions each accounting for 5 7 of causes.
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.