Determinants for High Maternal Mortality in Multiethnic Populations in Western China |
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| Authors: | Qing Du Oyvind Nass Per Bergsjo Bernadette Nirmal Kumar |
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| Institution: | 1. National Center for Women and Children's Health , Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing, China;2. Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo , Oslo, Norway;3. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Our purpose of this study was to investigate determinants and patterns of associations with high maternal mortality in poor and multiethnic populations from the Xinjiang Uigur autonomous region of Western China. The researcher found that the maternal mortality ratio of Xinjiang was very high; almost half of the participants delivered at home without clean delivery, and nearly one-fifth of the participants had not received any medical treatment. Eighty-seven percent of maternal deaths were among ethnic minority groups. In multiethnic areas in Xinjiang, social–culture factors, lack of health resources, and low health services utilization were related to high maternal mortality. |
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