A Retrospective Study of Pregnancy Related Deaths

The death of a woman in childbirth is a tragedy, an unacceptable and wasteful event that carries with a huge burden of grief and pain. It is recognized as a social indicator, and there is a large gap between the maternal mortality rate in developed countries and that in developing nations. The lifetime risk of dying from pregnancy related complication in developed country is 1 in 11 compared to 1 in 5000 in developing countries. Information provided by medical autopsies has played an important role in increasing the accuracy of cause-of-death reports and improving clinical practice in the developed world. We carried out this study to understand the magnitude of maternal mortality in this region and also to know the cause of death and to find out preventive factor. We found that most of the women were from age group 21 - 25 years (45.45%) with mean age of 23.72 years. All the females were of primipara except one who delivered in second para. Hemorrhage remained the main cause of death followed by septicemia.