title: Maternal mortality and morbidity in Belgium.
abstract: The Belgian maternal mortality rate was 8.6/100,000 births in 1984 but it is probable that underreporting occurred. Data on morbidity from one Belgian hospital are presented. Gestational hypertension occurred in 9% of the women who delivered between 1982 and 1987. Gestational diabetes was observed in 2% of the cases during the same period. Data on antepartum haemorrhage are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: MacGillivray
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Wel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Assche
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009017:Morbidity; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality