Diseases

Maternal Death

The death of the female parent.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The death of the female parent.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Death, Maternal
  • Deaths, Maternal
  • Maternal Deaths

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, etiology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATH for maternal death during or related to pregnancy

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Maternal Mortality (1963-2012)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C23.550.260w.730.500w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.607.500w

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NLM Classification

WQ 270

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Maternal Death. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063130. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063130
  2. Maternal Death. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_death
  3. Maternal Death. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339474