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Abstract
A study on institutional maternal mortality in Thika subdistrict is presented for the period January 1981 through September 1988. There were 86,248 live births in the various government and private institutions in the sub-district and 164 maternal deaths, giving a maternal mortality rate of 190/100,000. The various associated socio-demographic factors are analysed.Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Biological Characteristics; Biology; Causes Of Death; Data Analysis; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Evaluation; Health; Health Facilities; Health Services; Hospitals; Intermediate Variables; Kenya; Maternal Health Services; Maternal Mortality; Maternal-child Health Services; Medicine; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Preventive Medicine; Primary Health Care; Prospective Studies; Research Methodology; Research Report; Retrospective Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2361445
Source DB: PubMed Journal: East Afr Med J ISSN： 0012-835X