ANTC67H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Maternal Death, Child Mortality, Complications Of Pregnancy
Document Summary
Maternal mortality means that pop has high poverty etc. Child mortality also reflect issues: mothers edu, care, if the baby was born preterm. Date rate in child"s first year of life. Map shows diff btw developed and undeveloped countries. 38 910 deaths in 2008/3 900 000 live births in 2008 *100 000. 9997. 7 deaths per 100 000 live birth in the u. s in 2008. Child mortality rate aka under 5 mortality rate. Cmr: # deaths in 1 year in children under 5 years/# live births in that year *10^n. Denominator is live births rather than children under 5. Risk of mothers dying from causes ass. w/ pregnancy complications and childbirth. Mmr: # maternal deaths in 1 year/ # live births in that year *10^n. We have best data on live births. # of deaths during pregnancy or w/in 42 days: 42 days b/c complications can still arise due to delivery.
.jpg)
