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United Kingdom Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2014

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Original or alternative title 
Lessons learned to inform future maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2009-2012
Provider 
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford
Tabulations only
Geography 
Ireland (IRL)
United Kingdom (GBR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1985 - 12/2012
Series or system 
United Kingdom Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths
Data type
Vital registration
Summary 

"Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2014" documents and analyzes direct and indirect maternal deaths that occurred in the United Kingdom and Ireland. From 2009 to 2012, 357 women died while pregnant or within 42 days of the termination of the pregnancy. This report reviews deaths from hemorrhage, amniotic fluid embolism, anaesthetic-related causes, neurological and other indirect causes. It focuses on the care of 203 women who died from these causes, as well as 34 women who survived septic shock. Tabulations provide sociodemographic characteristics, ages groups, and pre-existing medical conditions of the deceased women.

The Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) methodology has been utilized in England and Wales since 1952. In this process, a group of experts investigate all of the details pertaining to a maternal death. This is the first report to include analysis of maternal deaths in Ireland.

Keywords 
Adverse effects of medical treatments, Antenatal care, Blood disorders, Body mass index, Caesarean section, Cancers, Chronic kidney diseases, Death certificates, Diabetes, Domestic violence, Drug use disorders, Eclampsia, Employment, Endocrine disorders, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, Fertility agents, HIV and AIDS, Heart disease, Hypertension, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Live births, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Maternal sepsis, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Place of delivery, Tobacco smoking
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 1, 2022