International definition : maternal mortality RATIO number of direct and indirect deaths per (denominator:100000 live births)
UK: maternal mortality rate: denominator-per 100000 maternities)
overall maternal mortality rate: 11.39 (previous triennium 13.95)
Direct- mortality rate: 4.67 (previously 6.24)
- overall reduction,
- decrease in PE, hemorrhage,
- increase in deaths from sepsis esp group A strep
- causes: haemorrhage, AFE, genital tract sepsis, preclampsia and ecclampsia
- anaesthesia: 7 died
Indirect - suicide, asthma, epilepsy, cardiac disease (conditions aggravated by pregnancy)
- unchanged
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