Quantitative Concept
maternal mortality
[ muh-tur-nl mawr-tal-i-tee ]
Subclass of:
Mortality Vital Statistics
Definitions related to maternal mortality:
  • Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of the pregnancy, irrespective of the duration or anatomic site of the pregnancy, due to any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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