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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Maternal deaths among women with pregnancies outside of family planning in

Sichuan, China.

AUTHORS

Ni H; Rossignol AM

SOURCE

EPIDEMIOLOGY. 1994 Sep;5(5):490-4.

ABSTRACT

To assess the impact of family planning status on maternal mortality, the authors analyzed data gathered in a

community-based, maternal mortality surveillance study conducted by the Sichuan Health Department in the People's

Republic of China during 1989-1991. The overall maternal mortality ratio, which included only deaths of pregnant

women within family planning guidelines ("planned" pregnancies), was 78.9/100,000 live births. When the deaths of

pregnant women outside family planning ("unplanned" pregnancies) were included, the maternal mortality ratio

doubled to 135.6/100,000 live births. The leading causes of death for women with "planned" and "unplanned"

pregnancies were the same: hemorrhage, postpartum infection, pregnancy-induced hypertension, cardiac diseases,

and pulmonary diseases. As among women with "planned" pregnancies, about 40% of maternal deaths among

women with "unplanned" pregnancies occurred at home, and 20% occurred en route to a hospital. After controlling

for the confounding effects of gravidity and education, the odds ratio of maternal death associated with "unplanned"

pregnancy status was 2.6 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.4-2.9) with additional control for the effect of prenatal care

visits. This study indicates that women with "unplanned" pregnancies have a higher risk of maternal death, which is

only partially attributed to less prenatal care. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4085-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Maternal deaths among women with pregnancies outside of

family planning in Sichuan, China.", is(are) Ni H; Rossignol AM. The source of this article is "EPIDEMIOLOGY.

1994 Sep;5(5):490-4.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 4085-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9085

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