Definitions

Question 1

What is meant by direct maternal death?

Answer 1

Direct maternal death= number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy

Question 2

What is the most common cause of direct maternal death in the UK?

Answer 2

VTE

Question 3

What is the most common cause of direct maternal death worldwide?

Answer 3

PPH

Question 4

What is meant by indirect maternal death?

Answer 4

Indirect maternal death= number of female deaths resulting from previous existing disease or disease that developed during pregnancy and not due to direct obstetric causes but were aggravated by the physiological effects of pregnancy

Question 5

What is the most common cause of indirect maternal death?

Answer 5

Cardiac disease

Question 6

What is meant by perinatal mortality?

Answer 6

Perinatal Mortality = number of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths per 1000 births

Question 7

What is meant by a stillbirth?

Answer 7

Stillbirth = a baby delivered at or after 24+0 weeks gestational age showing no signs of life irrespective of when the death occurred

Question 8

What is meant by a neonatal death?

Answer 8

Neonatal death = the death of a baby within 28 days of life

Question 9

What is meant by incidence?

Answer 9

Incidence of a Disease = number of new cases of disease / 1000 people per year (the number of new cases that appear within a population within a specific time period)

Question 10

What is meant by prevalence?

Answer 10

Prevalence = the number of people within a given population that have the disease/condition (within a specific time period/ at a specified time)