Estimating pregnancy-related mortality from census data: experience in Latin America

• Main Authors: Kenneth Hill (Author), Bernardo L Queiroz (Author), Laura Wong (Author), Jorge Plata (Author), Fabiana Del Popolo (Author), Jimmy Rosales (Author), Cynthia Stanton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of measuring maternal mortality in countries lacking accurate birth and death registration through national population censuses by a detailed evaluation of such data for three Latin American countries. METHODS: We used established demographic techniques, includin...