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Descriptor English: Pregnancy-Related Death
Descriptor Spanish: Muerte Relacionada con el Embarazo
Descriptor Portuguese: Morte Relacionada à Gestação
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Death, Pregnancy-Related
Deaths, Pregnancy-Related
Pregnancy Related Death
Pregnancy-Related Deaths
Tree number(s): E05.318.308.985.550.500.500
N01.224.935.698.653.500
N06.850.505.400.975.550.500.500
N06.850.520.308.985.550.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099042
Scope note: Death of a pregnant or birthing person during pregnancy or up to one year after the end of pregnancy from health issues related to pregnancy.
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
PC prevention & control
Public MeSH Note: Maternal Mortality (1978-2024); 2025
History Note: Maternal Mortality (1978-2024); 2025
Related: Maternal Death MeSH
DeCS ID: 60941
Unique ID: D000099042
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/04/29
Pregnancy-Related Death - Preferred
Concept UI M000767506
Scope note Death of a pregnant or birthing person during pregnancy or up to one year after the end of pregnancy from health issues related to pregnancy.
Preferred term Pregnancy-Related Death
Entry term(s) Death, Pregnancy-Related
Deaths, Pregnancy-Related
Pregnancy Related Death
Pregnancy-Related Deaths



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