title: Maternal mortality in Western Nigeria.
abstract: Data on maternal deaths were collected from a randomly selected sample of medical institutions in the Western State of Nigeria for the years 1972 and 1973. An overall maternal mortality rate of 3.8/1000 total births were recorded for 1972 and 1973 respectively. The major causes of maternal mortality were haemorrhage, obstructed labour, eclampsia, anaemia of pregnancy and infection.
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000401:mortality; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009549:Nigeria; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000401:mortality; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000401:mortality; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000401:mortality; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000401:mortality