Maternal mortality among adolescent women in Jos, north-central, Nigeria.
J Obstet Gynaecol
; 25(1): 3-6, 2005 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16147682
ABSTRACT
The adolescent maternal mortality ratio is high in Jos, north-central Nigeria. The main causes of maternal deaths among the adolescents were unsafe abortion, eclampsia and sepsis. The Hausa/Fulani ethnic group constituted the largest ethnic group of adolescent maternal deaths in our study. The risk factors for adolescent maternal mortality found in our study were illiteracy, non-utilisation of antenatal services and Hausa/Fulani ethnic group.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Embarazo en Adolescencia
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Mortalidad Materna
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article