title: [Use of vital statistics in maternal mortality prevention programs].
abstract: "In the first part of the article the vital statistics system of the Republic of Argentina is presented, highlighting its characteristics as a data source, the integrity of its death records, the quality of the medical certification as to the cause of death by means of indirect indicators and the under registration of maternal causes.  In the second part, the results of a research on maternal mortality carried out in the Federal Capital from 1987 to 1989, which was later extended to other jurisdictions of the country (Cordoba, Tucuman and Corrientes), is synthesized.... The principal objectives were...to know the real structure of maternal mortality in the Federal Capital and to identify the factors associated with it, in order to orient the activity of the health services and reduce these deaths."  (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marconi
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001118:Argentina; D003625:Data Collection; D003644:Death Certificates; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007843:Latin America; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013020:South America; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014798:Vital Statistics
keywords: Americas; Argentina; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Data Quality; Data Sources; Death Records; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Health; Health Services; Latin America; Maternal Mortality--prevention and control; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; South America; Vital Statistics