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released: 18 Oct 2006 author: King J F & Sullivan EA media release

'Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-02' is the thirteenth report on women who die during pregnancy and childbirth. Maternal deaths are rare, catastrophic events and require monitoring and investigation. The report is an observational study of maternal deaths based on information provided by the states and territories. It includes information about the women, pregnancy, clinical care and the deaths. Maternal deaths that occurred up to year after the end of the pregnancy are included. Illustrative case summaries highlight key clinical and public health issues that may be causally related to maternal deaths. The report is produced by the AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit based at the University of New South Wales and will be particularly useful to maternity service planners and providers, consumers of maternity services, academics, students and those conducting research in maternity care.

ISSN 1449-8863; ISBN 978 1 74024 550 0; Cat. no. PER 32; 132pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Publication

Available at http://www.preru.unsw.edu.au/...

Publication table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Editors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Summary: Maternal deaths in Australia 2000–2002
  • Section A: Introduction
    • Background to the report
    • Aims of this report
    • Methodology
    • Structure of this report
    • Australian definitions of maternal mortality
    • Classification of maternal deaths in Australia
    • Measuring maternal mortality
  • Section B: Epidemiology of maternal deaths
    • Maternal mortality ratio
    • Maternal mortality ratio for use in international comparisons
    • Maternal mortality ratios 1973–1975 to 2000–2002
    • Age-specific and age-standardised mortality rates
    • Maternal deaths by state and territory
    • Direct maternal deaths
    • Indirect maternal deaths
    • Incidental maternal deaths
    • Late maternal deaths
    • Demographic profile
    • Cause of maternal deaths
    • Contributing factors
    • Other considerations
  • Section C: Cause of maternal deaths
    • Haemorrhage
  • Infection
  • Cardiac disease
  • Amniotic fluid and air embolism
  • Deaths from psychiatric causes
  • Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
  • Thrombosis and thromboembolism
  • Early pregnancy deaths
  • Other indirect causes of maternal death

Recommended citation

King J F & Sullivan EA 2006. Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002. Maternal deaths series no. 2. Cat. no. PER 32. Canberra: AIHW.