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Article: Maternal mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil: what has changed in ten years?
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- Reproductive Health Matters
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Abstract: This study examines changes in levels and patterns of maternal mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1994 and 2003. The research was carried out in five sub-regions of Pernambuco using the Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) method and based on death certificates of women of reproductive age registered in the local System of Information on Mortality. In-depth interviews with family members were also conducted for the abortion-related deaths. Of the 1,258 female deaths investigated, 54 maternal deaths were identified, corresponding to a maternal mortality ratio of 77 per 100,000 live births. The estimated level of under-reporting (46%) corresponds to an upward ...
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