What are the Primary Causes of Maternal Mortality?
The most common direct causes of maternal death include severe bleeding, infection, consequences of unsafe abortions, hypertensive disorders such as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, and obstructed labor. A mother may also have pre-existing health conditions developed before or during pregnancy that may indirectly lead to her death. These indirect causes include anemia and malaria. Poverty, race, ethnic or tribal affiliation, or lack of education are also underlying causes of maternal death or disability.
