| Literature DB >> 3407701 |
F Parazzini1, C La Vecchia, G Mezzanotte.
Abstract
Between 1955 and 1984 Italian maternal mortality steadily declined by about 90% (from 133.3 per 100,000 live-births in 1955 to 11.4 in 1984). Maternal mortality rose with age and was about tenfold higher in the highest risk group (greater than or equal to 40 years old) compared with the lowest risk group (less than 20 years old). Deaths in pregnancy with abortive outcomes represented about 8% to 10% of maternal mortality as a whole; these percentages were constant throughout the calendar period considered. Geographically, there was no noticeable reduction in the northern/southern mortality ratio, which was constantly about 0.75.Keywords: Abortion, Induced; Age Factors; Age Specific Death Rate; Birth Records; Death Rate; Death Records; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Europe; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Geography; Historical Survey; Human Geography; Italy; Maternal Age; Maternal Mortality; Mediterranean Countries; Mortality; Parental Age; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy, Ectopic; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Europe; Vital Statistics
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Year: 1988 PMID： 3407701 DOI： 10.1016/s0002-9378(88)80098-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol ISSN： 0002-9378 Impact factor: 8.661