Maternal mortality among adolescent women in Jos, north-central, Nigeria.
The adolescent maternal mortality ratio is high in Jos, north-central Nigeria. The main causes of maternal deaths among the adolescents were unsafe abortion, eclampsia and sepsis. The Hausa/Fulani ethnic group constituted the largest ethnic group of adolescent maternal deaths in our study. The risk factors for adolescent maternal mortality found in our study were illiteracy, non-utilisation of antenatal services and Hausa/Fulani ethnic group.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria. iaoujah@yahoo.com
Aisien
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Mutihir
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Vanderjagt
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Glew
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Uguru
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D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000401:mortality; D000293:Adolescent; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality