title: [Maternal mortality trends in the Sfax region from 1979 to 2000].
abstract: We report a retrospective study about maternal mortality in Sfax (Tunisia) between 1979 and 2000. Maternal mortality rate has fallen strikingly from 76.8 per 100,000 mortality cases in 1979 to 40.1 per 100,000 mortality cases in 20,000. However deaths from unavoidable causes have fallen much more slowly than avoidable causes.
authors.affiliation: Service De Gynecologie Obstetrique Hopital Hedi Chaker Sfax, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ben Amara
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhouib
authors.forename: Henda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khemiri
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaouadi
authors.forename: Belhassen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ben Ayed
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Idrissi
authors.forename: Sondes
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Amar
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouzid
authors.forename: Saida
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rekik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology