Maternal mortality in eight European countries with enhanced surveillance systems: descriptive population based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare maternal mortality in eight countries with enhanced surveillance systems.

Design

Descriptive multicountry population based study.

Setting

Eight countries with permanent surveillance systems using enhanced methods to identify, document, and review maternal deaths. The most recent available aggregated maternal mortality data were collected for three year periods for France, Italy, and the UK and for five year periods for Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Slovakia.

Population

297 835 live births in Denmark (2013-17), 301 169 in Finland (2008-12), 2 435 583 in France (2013-15), 1 281 986 in Italy (2013-15), 856 572 in the Netherlands (2014-18), 292 315 in Norway (2014-18), 283 930 in Slovakia (2014-18), and 2 261 090 in the UK (201

SUBMITTER: Diguisto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9667469 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature