Summary:
Maternal death audit is becoming a routine process in
the practice of obstetric care in both developed and
developing countries. Review of case records of
maternal deaths between September 1999 and December
2004 was done to find out the profile of the patients and
factors associated with the deaths in a periurban
hospital in Dhaka. A total 40 maternal deaths occured
among 14,137 live births amounting MMR 282 per
100,000 live births.
Mean age of deceased mothers was 24.85± 5.6 years,
25% were primipara and vaginal delivery occurred in