title: Adolescent maternal mortality in Mozambique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe adolescent maternal mortality and analyze its avoidability.
  
  
  METHODS
  An audit approach was used to clarify the presence of avoidable factors in 239 maternal deaths, of which 22% were among adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main causes of adolescent death were malaria, pregnancy-induced hypertension, puerperal sepsis, and septic abortion. The audit classified as avoidable 75% of all maternal deaths.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adequate strategies addressing the special needs of adolescents are required to prevent currently high levels of maternal mortality in this age group.
authors: Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Granja
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Machungo
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Gomes
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bergström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000401:mortality; D008288:Malaria / Q000401:mortality; D008423:Maternal Age; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies