Maternal mortality (cont.)

Definition and measures

The definitions related to maternal death in ICD-10 are shown in Box 1 below.

 

Source: Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates. http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2012/Trends_in_maternal_mortality_A4-1.pdf

This can be represented as follows:

The convention therefore is that maternal deaths do not include late maternal deaths.