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Maternal mortality — a world wide problem
Author(s) -
Högberg Ulf
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90070-0
Subject(s) - medicine , maternal death , pregnancy , developing country , obstetric transition , medical care , cause of death , developed country , environmental health , maternal morbidity , health care , infant mortality , maternal health , medical emergency , obstetrics , population , health services , emergency medicine , economic growth , disease , genetics , pathology , economics , biology
Death during pregnancy and delivery is one of the leading causes of death among women in the developing countries. A review of literature, and a comparison of the decline of the maternal mortality in Sweden, concludes that maternal mortality is a sensitive socioeconomic index of health in the society, but also that this death cause is one of the few that it is really possible to prevent by the impact of medical services — antenatal and delivery care.