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- Title
Potential gains in reproductive-aged life expectancy if maternal mortality were eradicated from the Kintampo districts of Central Ghana.
- Authors
Abubakari, Sulemana Watara; Bawah, Ayaga Agula; Nettey, Ernest Obed; Apraku, Edward Anane; Zandoh, Charles; Amenga-Etego, Seeba; Asante, Kwaku Poku; Owusu-Agyei, Seth; Badasu, Delali Margaret
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Almost 99% of pregnancy or childbirth-related complications globally is estimated to occur in developing regions. Yet, little is known about the demographic impact of maternal causes of death (COD) in low-and middle-income countries. Assuming that critical interventions were implemented such that maternal mortality is eradicated as a major cause of death, how would it translate to improved longevity for reproductive-aged women in the Kintampo districts of Ghana?<bold>Methods: </bold>The study used longitudinal health and demographic surveillance data from the Kintampo districts to assess the effect of hypothetically eradicating maternal COD on reproductive-aged life expectancy by applying multiple decrement and associated single decrement life table techniques.<bold>Results: </bold>According to the results, on the average, women would have lived an additional 4.4 years in their reproductive age if maternal mortality were eradicated as a cause of death, rising from an average of 28.7 years lived during the 2005-2014 period to 33.1 years assuming that maternal mortality was eradicated. The age patterns of maternal-related mortality and all-cause mortality depict that the maternal-related mortality is different from the all-cause mortality for women of reproductive age.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This observation suggests that other COD are competing with maternal mortality among the WRA in the study area and during the study period.
- Subjects
LABOR complications (Obstetrics); LIFE expectancy; MATERNAL mortality; CAUSES of death; GESTATIONAL age
- Publication
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1471-2393
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12884-019-2515-0