Maternal Mortality

Maternal mortality is the death of a woman occurring during pregnancy or within 42 days following pregnancy termination from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management, excluding accidental or incidental causes.

12K

Publications

646.6K

Citations

41.3K

Authors

6.9K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3.6K

Variants

Maternal Death

Parents

Maternal Health

Children

Antenatal CareCauses Of Maternal MortalityEmergency Obstetric CareHypertensive DisordersIntrapartum CareMaternal Death SurveillanceMaternal Mortality EpidemiologyMaternal Mortality InequitiesMaternal Mortality MeasurementMaternal Mortality Surveillance

Publications

12K

Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Mohsen Naghavi, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Cristiana Abbafati et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 4.9K citations · Full text

Public Health, Demography, Population Health Sciences +17

Saving Mothers’ Lives: Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006–2008

Roch Cantwell, T. H. Clutton-Brock, Griselda Cooper et al. · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2011 · 3K citations · Full text

Public Health, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +17

Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia

Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2020 · 2.7K citations

Public Health, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +12

Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group

Leontine Alkema, Doris Chou, Daniel Hogan et al. · The Lancet · 2015 · 2.3K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Policy, Maternal Health +16

Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980–2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5

Margaret C. Hogan, Kyle J Foreman, Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet · 2010 · 2.2K citations

Public Health, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +16

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Authors

41.3K

JV
Jos van Roosmalen
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
91 publications · 5.3K citations
42
h-index
MK
Marian Knight
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
54 publications · 7.4K citations
39
h-index
CR
Carine Ronsmans
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
45 publications · 6.4K citations
35
h-index
JP
João Paulo Souza
World Health Organization, Switzerland
44 publications · 5.6K citations
34
h-index
PV
Peter von Dadelszen
University of British Columbia, Canada
55 publications · 3.1K citations
33
h-index

1–5 of 41.3K

Institutions

6.9K

1–8 of 6.9K

Venues

PubMed
Repository · 1.3K publications · 53.6K citations
96
h-index
Obstetrics and Gynecology
287 publications · 36.6K citations
95
h-index
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
AJOG · 395 publications · 33K citations
94
h-index
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
535 publications · 30.5K citations
88
h-index
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
359 publications · 29.4K citations
87
h-index

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See also Maternal Mortality
Causes	Postpartum Hemorrhage Cardiovascular Disease Unsafe Abortion Eclampsia Obstructed Labor Maternal Sepsis Anemia Depression In Pregnancy
Risk Factors	Prenatal Care Postpartum Hemorrhage Healthcare Access Sepsis Unsafe Abortion Eclampsia Malnutrition Severe Anemia Obstructed Labor Socioeconomic Background Multiple Gestation Substance Use Disorders
Prevention Strategies	Maternal Mortality Family Planning Antenatal Care Health Education Emergency Obstetric Care Machine Learning Deep Learning Midwifery Service Integration Clinical Practice Guidelines Mother-to-child Transmission Prevention
Health Disparities	Health Disparities Racism Regional Disparities Healthcare Discrimination Medical Mistrust Health Care Access Disparities Algorithmic Bias
Measurement Metrics	Maternal Mortality Obstetric Early Warning Systems Old-age Mortality Estimation