| Literature DB >> 6119252 |
I C Chi, T Agoestina, J Harbin.
Abstract
Records on 36,062 maternity cases admitted to 12 teaching hospitals throughout Indonesia between 1977 and 1980 were analyzed. A hospital maternal mortality rate of 37.4/10,000 cases (39.0/10,000 live births) was derived that was about ten times higher than rates reported from developed countries in the early seventies. Hemorrhage, infection and toxemia accounted for 91.2% of deaths resulting from direct obstetric causes and for 86,1% of total deaths. It is postulated that if all pregnant women received adequate antenatal care, and if all women wanting no additional children were sterilized, maternal mortality would be cut in half. It is recommended that maternal health services in Indonesia be integrated into its successful family planning program.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Bleeding; Causes Of Death; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Distance; Epidemiologic Methods; Family Planning Programs; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Facilities; Health Services; High Risk Women; Hospitals; Indonesia; Infections; Locale; Maternal Health; Maternal Health Services; Maternal Mortality; Maternal-child Health Services; Mortality; Paramedical Personnel; Parity; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Signs And Symptoms; Southeastern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Vital Statistics
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Year: 1981 PMID： 6119252 DOI： 10.1016/0020-7292(81)90072-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Gynaecol Obstet ISSN： 0020-7292 Impact factor: 3.561