[Maternal mortality trends in the Sfax region from 1979 to 2000]

Fethi Ben Amara; Mohamed Dhouib; Henda Khemiri; Mohamed Jaouadi; Belhassen Ben Ayed; Ali Idrissi; Sondes Ben Amar; Faouzi Bouzid; Saida Rekik

[Maternal mortality trends in the Sfax region from 1979 to 2000]

Tunis Med. 2004 Feb;82(2):196-203.

[Article in French]

Authors

Fethi Ben Amara¹, Mohamed Dhouib, Henda Khemiri, Mohamed Jaouadi, Belhassen Ben Ayed, Ali Idrissi, Sondes Ben Amar, Faouzi Bouzid, Saida Rekik

Affiliation

¹ Service De Gynecologie Obstetrique Hopital Hedi Chaker Sfax, Tunisie.

PMID: 15185595

Abstract

We report a retrospective study about maternal mortality in Sfax (Tunisia) between 1979 and 2000. Maternal mortality rate has fallen strikingly from 76.8 per 100,000 mortality cases in 1979 to 40.1 per 100,000 mortality cases in 20,000. However deaths from unavoidable causes have fallen much more slowly than avoidable causes.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Maternal Mortality / trends*
Pregnancy
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tunisia / epidemiology