title: Analysis of maternal and abortion-related mortality in Mexico over the last two decades, 1990-2008.
abstract: To document the relative contribution of abortion-related deaths to overall maternal deaths in Mexico, official mortality data were analyzed according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes. During 1990-2008, among 24 805 maternal deaths, 1786 (7.2%) were abortion related. Of these, 13.2% occurred in adolescents and 65% in uninsured women; 60% were probably associated with unsafely induced procedures. The study calculated the number of abortion-related deaths per 100,000 abortion-related hospitalizations, expressed as a modified abortion case-fatality rate. During 2000-2008, this rate was 48 at the national level, with wide variations among states: from 140 deaths in Guerrero to 8 in Baja California Sur per 100,000 abortion hospitalizations. Unsafe abortion continues to represent a significant proportion of all maternal deaths in Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Ipas Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. schiavonr@ipas.org
authors.forename: Raffaela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schiavon
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Troncoso
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polo
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult