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causes of death are: post
partum bleeding (15%),
complications from unsafe
abortion (15%),
hypertensive disorders of
pregnancy (10%),
postpartum infections
(8%), and obstructed
labour (6%).
Causes
Factors that increase
maternal death can be
direct or indirect.
Generally, there is a
distinction between a
direct maternal death that
is the result of a
complication of the
pregnancy, delivery, or
management of the two,
and an indirect maternal
death. that is a pregnancyrelated death in a patient
with a preexisting or
newly developed health
problem unrelated to
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pregnancy. Fatalities
during but unrelated to a
pregnancy are termed
accidental, incidental, or
nonobstetrical maternal
deaths.
The most common causes
are post partum bleeding
(15%), complications
from unsafe abortion
(15%), hypertensive
disorders of pregnancy
(10%), postpartum
infections (8%), and
obstructed labour (6%).
Other causes include
blood clots (3%) and preexisting conditions
(28%).Indirect causes are
malaria, anaemia,
HIV/AIDS, and
cardiovascular disease, all
of which may complicate
pregnancy or be
aggravated by it.