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1. MATERNAL MORTALITY
CAUSES

2. MATERNAL MORTALITY
Death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of the termination
of pregnancy irrespective of the duration and the site of pregnancy,
from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its
management but not from accidental or incidental causes.

3. CLASSIFICATIONS
MATERNAL MORTALITY
DIRECT INDIRECT NON-OBSTETRIC

4. DIRECT OBSTETRIC CAUSES
Direct obstetric deaths are those resulting from complications of
pregnancy, delivery or their management. Such conditions are
abortion, ectopic gestation, preeclampsia-eclampsia, antepartum and
postpartum hemorrhage and puerperal sepsis.

5. INDIRECT OBSTETRIC CAUSES
Indirect deaths include conditions present before or developed during
pregnancy but aggravated by the physiological effects of pregnancy and
strain of labor. These are anemia, cardiac disease, diabetes, thyroid
disease, etc. Of which anemia is the most important cause in the
developing countries. Viral hepatitis when endemic, contributes
significantly to maternal deaths.

6. NON-OBSTETRIC CAUSES
Non-obstetric causes are Accidents, typhoid and other infectious
diseases.

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