Australia Maternal Deaths 1997-1999
General Info
Original or alternative title
Maternal Deaths Series Number 1
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1997 - December, 1999
Data type
Vital registration
Summary
Every three years, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) releases a report on maternal mortality. In Australia, maternal deaths are reported by the health department, hospitals, physicians, midwives, the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and the coroner's office. Data are analyzed using the confidential enquiry methodology, in which a group of experts investigate all of the details pertaining to a maternal death.
This report contains numbers of direct and indirect maternal deaths by specific cause, such as obstetric hemorrhage, amniotic fluid and air embolism, thrombosis and thromboembolism, cardiac disease, and psychiatric causes. It includes a synopsis of each death, and clinical comments relating to each cause.
Keywords
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Antenatal care, Aortic aneurysm, Asthma, Caesarean section, Drug use disorders, Eclampsia, Endocarditis, Epilepsy, Fertility, Heart disease, Hemorrhagic stroke, Homicide, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Ischemic heart disease, Leukemia, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Maternal sepsis, Melanoma, Mortality, Noninfective inflammatory bowel disease, Ovary cancer, Pregnancy, Road traffic injuries, Stillbirths, Suicide
Citation
Contributors
Publication year
2004
Suggested citation
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia Maternal Deaths 1997-1999. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004.
Other ID type
ISSN
Other ID
1449 8863
Other ID type 2
ISBN
Other ID 2
978 1 74024 392