Social and health system factors associated with maternal mortality in Eastern and Western China: Population health estimates using provincial-level data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, maternal mortality is off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Over the past two decades, China has dramatically reduced maternal mortality in more developed (eastern) and less developed (western) regions. An understanding of the social and health system factors associated with maternal mortality in China may be helpful for countries attempting to meet the 2030 targets and beyond.

Methods and findings

We analyzed provincial-level data on maternal mortality and social and health system factors from the National Health Statistics Yearbooks and China Statistical Yearbooks from 2004 to 2020. We investigated the factors associated with maternal mortality before and after 2013, the year that a historic national program, Reducing Matern

SUBMITTER: Zeng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12677549 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature