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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
7
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-10-19
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| pubmed:keyword |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Causes Of Death,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Community Surveys,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Critique,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Delivery Of Health Care,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Demographic Factors,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developed Countries,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developing Countries,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/HOSPITALS,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health Facilities,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Maternal Mortality,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Measurement,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Mortality,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Obstacles,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Organization And Administration,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population Dynamics,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Research Methodology,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Sampling Studies,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Studies,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Surveys
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jul
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| pubmed:issn |
0306-5456
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
99
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
540-3
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:otherAbstract |
PIP: There are various methods of measuring maternal mortality each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Most official maternal mortality statistics underestimate true maternal mortality levels. Major reasons for underestimates depend on death certification practices and the advancement of the vital registration system. Only 35% of the world's population routinely record cause of death. Misclassification of the cause of death accounts for much of the bias in areas with good vital registration. In France, clerks miscode maternal-related causes of death as something else, e.g., they misclassified cerebral hemorrhages as diseases of the circulatory system and not complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium. In countries with few maternal deaths, pregnant or puerperium women in life-threatening conditions are transferred from obstetric departments so cause of death on the certificate may not be the obstetric condition which precipitated the fatal series of events. Governments must determine the type of measurement method for maternal mortality by balancing precision against human and financial costs. Statisticians can measure the maternal mortality rate using several methods. They can include questions about maternal mortality such as maternal deaths of sisters of the adult women or of any women they know who had died from maternal causes in the last year in ongoing household surveys. These surveys tend to be expensive, however . A more cost-effective and successful method is reproductive age mortality surveys which consist of investigating the causes of all deaths of women of reproductive age. If civil registration or other population-based data do not exist, researchers can use hospital data despite their limitations. They can also use records at the primary care level. They can use incomplete data to estimate maternal mortality and to evaluate rates obtained from civil registers, studies, or other sources.
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1992
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Measuring maternal mortality.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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