1C. FETAL, PERINATAL, ANDMATERNAL DEATHS
In 2013, 9women giving birth were
reported to have died from
maternal causes (
Table 1C-1
).
The number of maternal deaths
does not include all deaths
occurring to pregnant women, but
only those deaths assigned to
causes related to or aggravated by
pregnancy
or
pregnancy
management.
Based on the total number of 94
maternal deaths from 2003 to
2013, women age 35 and greater
had the highest proportional
contribution to maternal mortality
(43.6 percent), followed by women
age 25 - 34 (39.4 percent), and
women age 24 and younger (17.0
percent;
Figure1C-3
).
Figure1C-3
Percent of Death fromMaternal Causes byMother?sAgeGroup,
Arizona, 2003 - 2013
In the eleven-year period from
2003 to 2013, the major causes of
maternal deaths in the State have
included complications following
childbirth (i.e. complications of the
puerperium;
30.9
percent),
complications mainly related to
pregnancy
(22.3
percent),
complications occurring in the
course of labor and delivery (6.4
percent), and ectopic pregnancy
(4.3 percent). All other possible
causes
of
maternal
death
accounted for 34.0 percent of the
maternal deaths from 2003 to 2013
(
Figure1C-4
,
Table1C-2
).
Figure1C-4
Causes ofMaternal Mortality
a
, Arizona, 2003 - 2013
Notes:
a
Based on the total number of maternal deaths from 2003 to 2013; * Complications of the puerperium.
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