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Italy - The Results of the Surveillance of Maternal Mortality

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
I risultati della sorveglianza della mortalità materna
Provider 
Italian Obstetric Surveillance System (ItOSS)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Italy (ITA)
Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Lombardy, Piedmont, Puglia, Sicilia, Tuscany
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
01/2006 - 12/2015
Data type
Epi surveillance
Summary 

This presentation, "The Results of the Surveillance of Maternal Mortality," was part of the "Monitoring of Mortality and Severe Mental Morbidity in Italy" conference held in May 2016. It describes results of maternal mortality surveillance as collected by the Italian Obstetric Surveillance System; this system includes both passive data collection from hospital record linkages and active data collection through surveillance of maternal deaths. Data from 2006 to 2012 covered six regions, and the program was expanded to eight regions in 2015.

Keywords 
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Influenza, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Maternal sepsis, Pregnancy complications
GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 22, 2020