Open AccessMaternal Deaths in Sweden, 1971–1980
Author(s) -
Högberg Ulf
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348609158373
Subject(s) - medicine , eclampsia , pregnancy , obstetrics , pulmonary embolism , amniotic fluid embolism , sepsis , maternal death , vaginal delivery , childbirth , parity (physics) , embolism , gynecology , population , surgery , genetics , environmental health , biology , physics , particle physics
Sixty‐eight deaths during pregnancy, parturition and puerperium were recorded in Sweden during the years 1971–80, giving a maternal mortality of 6.6 per 100 000 live births. the figurese for abdominal delivery and vaginal were 45.0 and 2.5 per 1 live births respectively. Am‐niotic fluid embolism, pulmonary embolism and hemorrhage were the main causes of death within 24 hours after delivery, while pre‐eclampsia/eclampsia and sepsis were predominant during the rest of the puerperium. Age and parity are highly important risk factors. Presumed avoidable factors were identified in 19% of the cases. 9% of the deaths were related to unwanted pregnancy.