Temporal evolution and spatial distribution of maternal death

OBJECTIVE To analyze the temporal evolution of maternal mortality and its spatial distribution. METHODS Ecological study with a sample made up of 845 maternal deaths in women between 10 and 49 years, registered from 1999 to 2008 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Data were obtai...

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Main Authors: Ioná Carreno, Ana Lúcia de Lourenzi Bonilha, Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-08-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102014000400662&lng=en&tlng=en