Prognosis of Pregnancy

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Pregnancy: 399 female deaths for "pregnancy and childbirth" in the USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003)

Estimated mortality rate for Pregnancy from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 399 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 399 female deaths for "pregnancy and childbirth" in the USA 2001 (NCHS, 2003))
• Incidence: 4,000,000 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: more than 4 million; 1 million adolescent U.S. females become pregnant every year
• 0.0100% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Pregnancy and Overview of Pregnancy.

Complications:

Complications of Pregnancy may include:

• Morning sickness
• Miscarriage
• Premature delivery (see Small baby)
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Migraine - some women first get migraines when they are pregnant.
• more complications...»

Complications of Pregnancy from the Diseases Database include:

• Intrauterine death
• Polyhydramnios
• Dystocia
• Teratogenesis
• Foetal malposition
• more complications...»

See also complications of Pregnancy.

Death Statistics for Pregnancy

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Pregnancy:

• Death rate statistics for mother during pregnancy/childbirth:
  • 399 female deaths for "pregnancy and childbirth" in America in the USA 2001(NCHS, 2003)
  • 150 black female deaths for "pregnancy and childbirth" in America in the USA 2001(NCHS, 2003)
  • 151 female deaths for "pregnancy and childbirth" in America in the USA 2001(NCHS, 2003)
  • 16 Asian/Pacific Islander female deaths for "pregnancy and childbirth" in America in the USA 2001(NCHS, 2003)
• more death statistics...»

Pregnancy: Research More

• Pregnancy: Introduction
• Deaths: Pregnancy
• Symptoms: Pregnancy
• Complications: Pregnancy

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Pregnancy usually refers to the likely outcome of Pregnancy. The prognosis of Pregnancy may include the duration of Pregnancy, chances of complications of Pregnancy, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Pregnancy, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Pregnancy. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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