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Descriptor English: Maternal Mortality
Descriptor Spanish: Mortalidad Materna
Descriptor mortalidad materna
Entry term(s) mortalidad materna por riesgo específico
mortalidad materna por unidad territorial
mortalidad materna por zona geográfica
Scope note: Muerte de la madre como consecuencia de complicaciones del embarazo y el parto en una determinada población.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mortalidade Materna
Descriptor French: Mortalité maternelle
Entry term(s): Maternal Mortalities
Mortalities, Maternal
Mortality, Maternal
Tree number(s): E05.318.308.985.550.500
N01.224.935.698.653
N06.850.505.400.975.550.500
N06.850.520.308.985.550.500
SP3.311.300.392.432.671
SP5.467.413.330.903.503
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008428
Scope note: Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population.
Annotation: a statistical concept; do not confuse with MATERNAL DEATH; IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease / mortal (IM); specify geographic term if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
HI history
TD trends
Entry Version: MATERNAL MORTAL
DeCS ID: 28136
Unique ID: D008428
NLM Classification: WA 900
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Maternal Mortality - Preferred
Concept UI M0013116
Scope note Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population.
Preferred term Maternal Mortality
Entry term(s) Maternal Mortalities
Mortalities, Maternal
Mortality, Maternal



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