What is the leading cause of death of pregnant ladies?

Question

If there are any doctors that could contribute their info, that'd be great. This is a question for school which I can't seem to find. Thanks

Answer 1

The major causes of maternal death are bacterial infection, toxemia, obstetrical hemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, puerperal sepsis, amniotic fluid embolus, and complications of abortions.I

Answer 2

Homicide was found to be the leading cause of death for pregnant women in Maryland, according to a March 2001 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Using death records and coroner reports, state health department researchers found 247 pregnancy-associated deaths between 1993 and 1998. Among those deaths, 50 were murders. By comparison, homicide was the fifth-leading cause of death among Maryland women. And, nationwide, the maternal mortality rate was just 9.9 percent in 1999, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

Nationally, homicide is a leading killer of young women—pregnant or not. In 1999, homicide was the second-leading cause of death among women ages 20 to 24. It was fifth among women ages 25-34. Accidents are the top cause of death in both age groups.

The Maryland study reinforced at least two earlier studies that found homicide to be the top killer of pregnant women. In Cook County, Ill., 26 percent of the 95 deaths of pregnant women recorded between 1986 and 1989 were slain. In New York, 25 percent of the 293 deaths among pregnant women between 1987 and 1991 were homicides.

Answer 3

Homicide was found to be the leading cause of death for pregnant women in Maryland, according to a March 2001 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Using death records and coroner reports, state health department researchers found 247 pregnancy-associated deaths between 1993 and 1998. Among those deaths, 50 were murders. By comparison, homicide was the fifth-leading cause of death among Maryland women. And, nationwide, the maternal mortality rate was just 9.9 percent in 1999, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

Nationally, homicide is a leading killer of young women—pregnant or not. In 1999, homicide was the second-leading cause of death among women ages 20 to 24. It was fifth among women ages 25-34. Accidents are the top cause of death in both age groups.

The Maryland study reinforced at least two earlier studies that found homicide to be the top killer of pregnant women. In Cook County, Ill., 26 percent of the 95 deaths of pregnant women recorded between 1986 and 1989 were slain. In New York, 25 percent of the 293 deaths among pregnant women between 1987 and 1991 were homicides


http://www.now.org/issues/violence/043003pregnant.html

Answer 4

I don't know it is a "cause" but not going to regualr check ups is the number one cause that pregnant women experience all sorts of bad things including death. A doc can find something wrong at any monthly check up, and if a woman isn't going to the check ups, she's putting both herself and the baby at risk. I'm not a doc, but this is what he told me.

Answer 5

I believe the leading cause of death in pregnant women is homicide, unfortunately the murderers tend to be loved ones like husbands and boyfriends. I heard this during the Lacey Peterson investigation and Scott Peterson trial.

Answer 6

I would assume that if it is related to the fact that they are pregnant, then the answer would have to be childbirth. Or, the increased risk of infection due to the demands being placed on the body.

Answer 7

I think I heard once in a pregnancy book that it was in car crashes, because pregnant ladies don't wear seatbelts because it sits wrong on their tummies. But I've also heard on the news that it was from their husbands going crazy and murdering them. Good luck!

Answer 8

Pre-enclampysia (Spelling impaired) Highblood Pressure during pregnancy or diabeties.......

During delivery could be bleeding to death, hemmorige of the uterus

Answer 9

Baby Daddies

Answer 10

Childbirth.