Causes Of Maternal Mortality In India 2019

India lost the lives of 882 000 children under five and 143 000 children between the ages of five and fifteen in 2018.

Causes of maternal mortality in india 2019. Within india there is a marked variation in healthcare access between regions and in socioeconomic factors accordingly there is also variation in maternal. In the survey conducted in 2015 2017 kerala was the state with the least maternal mortality rate of 42 and assam noted the maximum number of deaths of women in india with mmr of 229. Globally haemorrhage remains the leading cause of maternal mortality accounting to about one quarter 27 of deaths. Between 2000 and 2017 the maternal mortality ratio mmr number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births dropped by about 38 worldwide.

The major complications that account for nearly two thirds of all maternal deaths are severe bleeding mostly bleeding after childbirth infections usually after childbirth high blood pressure during pregnancy pre eclampsia and eclampsia complications from delivery and unsafe abortions. Sample registration system srs measured that maternal mortality rate mmr in india has declined. Pippa ranger department for international development licensed under cc by 2 0 other indicators. Under the srs on a regular basis to yield cause specific mortality profile in the country.

Maternal mortality is a key indicator for maternal health quality in indiana. Maternal mortality is the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy regardless of length or site of pregnancy due to a cause related to or made worse by the pregnancy or its management. Assam 229 was. Nov 11 2019 13 16 ist.

Maternal mortality review committee. Maternal death is the death of women during the pregnancy or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. The report found the number of mmr per lakh live births. Most children under five die due to preventable or treatable causes such as complications during birth pneumonia diarrhoea neonatal sepsis and malaria unicef notes.

The above data clearly shows the decline in the trend of maternal mortality rate in india. Every day in 2017 approximately 810 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The first report on maternal mortality in india 1997 2003 trends causes and risk factors was released in october 2006. Maternal mortality in india is the maternal death of a woman in india during pregnancy or after pregnancy including post abortion or post birth periods.