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Level and causes of maternal mortality in Guinea (West Africa)
Author(s) -
Toure B.,
Thonneau P.,
Cantrelle P.,
Barry T.M.,
NgoKhac T.,
Papiernik E.
Publication year - 1992
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(92)90487-4
Subject(s) - medicine , maternal death , epidemiology , demography , abortion , mortality rate , capital city , maternal mortality rate , pregnancy , obstetrics , environmental health , geography , population , surgery , health services , economic geography , sociology , biology , genetics
In order to evaluate the level of maternal mortality at Conakry, capital of Guinea (West Africa), a descriptive epidemiological study was made of all maternal deaths occurring between July 1st, 1989 and June 30th, 1990. To ensure that cases of maternal death were recorded as exhaustively as possible, we conducted this study over 1 year in municipal and hospital maternity units, and 3 months in the urban community. One hundred thirty‐nine maternal deaths were registered, representing an annual maternal mortality rate of 559/100 000 live births. The main causes of maternal death were abortion, complications linked with hypertension, and postpartum bleeding.