Maternal Mortality

Japanese Rate Influenced by Health System

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 8th, 2000

Inadequate obstetric services are associated with high mortality rates for women delivering babies in Japan, according to a study published in the May24/31, 2000, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Ken Nagaya, MD, and colleagues from Sayama Health Center in Sayama, Saitawa, Japan, evaluated the medical records of 230 women who died while pregnant or within 42 days of being pregnant from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1992.

The researchers found that overall maternal mortality was 9.5 per 100,000 births - high compared to worldwide figures reported for 1990 of 8.6, 8.2, 7.6, and 2.4 deaths per 100,000 live births...

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