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Adolescents have higher risks for postpartum hemorrhage, endometritis, operative vaginal delivery, episiotomy, low birth weight, preterm delivery, and small-for-gestational-age infants, all of which can lead to maternal death. [31] The leading cause of death for girls at the age of 15 in developing countries is complication through pregnancy ...
This high risk can be accounted for by various causes such as the likelihood of adolescents giving birth for the first time compared to women in older age groups. [36] Other factors that also may lead to higher risk among this age group includes lower economic status and education. [37]
Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a ...
Women in this country are more likely to die of homicide during pregnancy or not long after giving birth than they are to die of the main obstetric causes of maternal death: blood pressure ...
Postpartum preeclampsia is a serious and sometimes fatal condition related to having high blood pressure in the days or weeks after giving birth. It can lead to seizing, a stroke, blood clots ...
"the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." Note that this wording includes abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and ectopic pregnancy
Prolonged obstructed labour can lead to stillbirth, obstetric fistula, and maternal death. [19] Fetal death can be caused by asphyxia. [1] Obstructed labor is the leading cause of uterine rupture worldwide. [1] Maternal death can result from uterine rupture, complications during caesarean section, or sepsis. [18]
Abby Phillip reflects on her midwife-attended home birth, amidst the maternal mortality crisis that disproportionately affects Black women and demands multifaceted solutions.