Question | Answer |
What is NZ's total mortality rate in 2009? | 22/100,000 |
What are the greatest direct causes of maternal death? | Amniotic fluid embolism 16%.
Preeclampsia/eclampsia 8%.
Postpartum haemorrhage 6%. |
Is NZ's maternal mortality rate higher than the UK's? | Yes. |
When are mothers most likely to die? Pre or post partum? | Post partum. 59%. |
What statistic of maternal death is reported as potentially preventable? | 35% |
What are the greatest indirect causes for maternal death? | Suicide 20%.
Pre-existing medical conditions 18%.
Non-obstetric causes 12%. |
What are clinical flags associated with poor perinatal outcome? | Maternal age. (<20, >40)
Obesity.
Maternal mental health problems.
Multiple pregnancies.
Socioeconomic deprivation.
Maternal medical conditions. |
Define perinatal. | Of or relating to the time, usually a number of weeks, immediately before and after birth. |
What are the greatest ethnicity of babies born in NZ? | NZ Europeans 66%. |
What is the rate for still births in NZ? | 6.3 per 1000 |
Are teenage mothers at greater risk of dying than others? | Yes. |
50% of teenage mothers whose babies died during 2007 - 2009 were of what ethnicity? | Maori. |
How many in percent of all teenage mothers whose babies died were smokers? | 45% |
What are the most common causes of perinatal death among teenage mothers? | Spontaneous preterm birth.
Fetal growth restriction.
Perinatal infection. |