المؤشرات الإحصائية لوفيات الأمهات في ولاية البحر الأحمر مدينة بورتسودان في الفترة من 2019 إلى 2022 م

Abstract EN

The research aimed to determine the causes of maternal death and to know the death rate by age in the Red Sea State- Port Sudan, during the period from 2019 to 2022, The research followed the analytical descriptive approach, where the data was obtained from maternal death records in the hospital, which numbered (104) deaths, and were analyzed by the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences program (SPSS).

The research results revealed that the highest death rate was estimated to be (44.2%) among those who live in the middle of Port Sudan.

The most vulnerable age group who subjected to maternal death was (26-45 years old) by the rate of 60.6% (n=63).

The most common causes of the maternal death were hemorrhagic fever which was 40.4% (n=42) , followed by deaths due to heart failure 13.5% (n=14) , due to bleeding was estimated to be 10.6%, and then due to jaundice with a rate of 6.7% respectively.

Therefore, and based on the results, prevention could be achieved by addressing specific public health educational programs for raising females awareness regarding the risk factors at local and national levels.