Analysis of Maternal mortality at District Headquarter, Sahiwal

Abstract

Objective: The objective of the study was to find the incidence of maternal mortality, and causes
of maternal mortality in females presenting in a tertiary care hospital of Sahiwal.
It is prospective study on 94 females delivered in a tertiary care hospital. All theMethods:
women admitted in ward and designed proforma filled, which include scrutiny for age, parity,
antenatal care, education, residential area and cause of death. Data was entered and analyzed
through SPSS version 21.
Results: During the study period, there were 94 maternal deaths out of 3223 live births giving an
MMR of 1766-4655/100,000 live births as shown in the table. About 78% cases were un-booked,
92% belongs to rural area, 57% illiterate, 77% were multi -gravidae and 30% deaths were in 30-35
year age group. Hemorrhage was major cause of maternal mortality after eclampsia and then
sepsis following hemorrhage.
Conclusion: There is need to stress the importance of good antenatal care in reducing MMR.
Focusing on special groups of women with targeted program, such as training, monitoring and
supervision of birth attendants.