At the start of the new millennium, the United Nations set up a goal to have reduced the global maternal death rate
by 75% by 2015.
Canada reports a maternal death rate
of six deaths per 100,000 live births, which Stewart conders too many.
The maternal death rate
has fallen appreciably thanks to a doctor who performs Caesarean sections, an anesthetist and a midwife.
Maternal death rate
is a sensitive indicator for the coverage and quality of primary health care.
In the United States between 1970 and 1975, when the Dalkon Shield was being sold, the maternal death rate
averaged 17 per 100,000 live births, so one could argue that each 100,000 Dalkon Shield IUDs used, by preventing pregnancies and subsequent births, saved 16 lives a year on balance.
MP Ainuru Altybaeva (SDPK) said according to the information included into the annual report, the maternal death rate
Given the US maternal death rate
of 1 maternity death per 5,880 live births, over the course of a 40-year career, most obstetrician-gynecologists will have 1 or 2 of their pregnant patients die.
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Introducing a minimum age of 18 years for marriage could also help reduce the maternal death rate
, he said.
Now, the high maternal death rate
attributed to this flu has the potential to notably increase the overall maternal mortality rate in the United States for 2009, Dr.
(1) Investigators reported a maternal death rate
of 36 per 100,000 cesarean operations versus nine per 100,000 vaginal births.
He ordered students to wash their hands with chlorinated lime before examining patients; as a result, the maternal death rate
was reduced from 12% to 1% in 2 years.