Maternal mortality and morbidity burden in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

AH Mokdad; I Khalil; M Collison; C El Bcheraoui; R Charara; M Moradi-Lakeh; A Afshin; A Chew; F Daoud; KJ Krohn; D Colombara; R Ehrenkranz; M Kutz; H Wang; AA Abajobir; F Abd-Allah; HN Abraha; LJ Abu-Raddad; AA Kiadaliri; A Ahmadi; KY Ahmed; MB Ahmed; FH Al Lami; K Alam; D Alasfoor; R Alizadeh-Navaei; JM Alkaabi; F Al-Maskari; R Al-Raddadi; KA Altirkawi; N Anber; H Ansari; H Asayesh; RJ Asghar; TM Atey; TA Ayele; T Bärnighausen; U Bacha; A Barac; SL Barker-Collo; BT Baune; S Bazargan-Hejazi; N Bedi; IM Bensenor; A Berhane; AS Beyene; ZA Bhutta; DJ Boneya; R Borschmann; NJK Breitborde; ZA Butt; F Catalá-López; LG Ciobanu; H Danawi; A Deribew; SD Dharmaratne; KE Doyle; AY Endries; EJA Faraon; A Faro; MS Farvid; W Fekadu; SM Fereshtehnejad; F Fischer; TT Gebrehiwot; AZ Giref; MD Gishu; AC Goulart; TD Habtewold; RR Hamadeh; MT Hambisa; S Hamidi; JM Haro; MS Hassanvand; N Horita; M Hsairi; H Huang; A Husseini; MB Jakovljevic; SL James; JB Jonas; A Kasaeian; YS Khader; EA Khan; ATA Khoja; A Khosravi; J Khubchandani; D Kim; YJ Kim; Y Kokubo; A Koyanagi; BK Defo; HJ Larson; AA Latif; PH Lee; CT Leshargie; R Leung; LT Lo; R Lunevicius; HMA El Razek

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Maternal mortality and morbidity burden in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

AH Mokdad, I Khalil, M Collison, C El Bcheraoui, R Charara, M Moradi-Lakeh, A Afshin, A Chew, F Daoud, KJ Krohn, D Colombara, R Ehrenkranz, M Kutz, H Wang, AA Abajobir, F Abd-Allah, HN Abraha, LJ Abu-Raddad, AA Kiadaliri, A Ahmadi Show all

International Journal of Public Health | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1004-3

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Abstract

Objectives: Assessing the burden of maternal mortality is important for tracking progress and identifying public health gaps. This paper provides an overview of the burden of maternal mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015. Methods: We used the results of the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study to explore maternal mortality in the EMR countries. Results: The maternal mortality ratio in the EMR decreased 16.3% from 283 (241–328) maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 237 (188–293) in 2015. Maternal mortality ratio was strongly correlated with socio-demographic status, where the lowest-income countries contributed the most ..

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