The trends of maternal mortality ratios and cause pattern in 34 Chinese provinces, 1990-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the trends and causes to the burden of maternal deaths is a key requirement to further reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), and devise targeted intervention policy. We aimed to evaluate the spatiotemporal trends of MMRs and cause patterns across the 34 provinces of China during 1990-2017.

Methods

Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, we calculated the levels and trends of total maternal deaths and MMR due to ten different causes through Bayesian multivariable regression model for pregnancies aged 10-54 years, and assessed the age and regional distribution over time.

Results

China has experienced fast decline in MMR, dropped from 95.2 (87.8-102.3) in 1990 to 13.6 (12.5-15.0) in 2017, with an annualised rate of decline o

SUBMITTER: Li CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9288211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature