Potential gains in reproductive-aged life expectancy if maternal mortality were eradicated from the Kintampo districts of Central Ghana.

Autor: Abubakari SW; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Kintampo, Ghana. abubakari.sulemana@kintampo-hrc.org., Bawah AA; Regional, Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 96, Legon, Ghana., Nettey EO; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Kintampo, Ghana., Apraku EA; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Kintampo, Ghana., Zandoh C; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Kintampo, Ghana., Amenga-Etego S; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Kintampo, Ghana., Asante KP; Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Kintampo, Ghana., Owusu-Agyei S; Institute of Health Research, University of Health & Allied sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana., Badasu DM; Regional, Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 96, Legon, Ghana.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC pregnancy and childbirth [BMC Pregnancy Childbirth] 2019 Oct 23; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 374. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 23.
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2515-0
Abstrakt: Background: Almost 99% of pregnancy or childbirth-related complications globally is estimated to occur in developing regions. Yet, little is known about the demographic impact of maternal causes of death (COD) in low-and middle-income countries. Assuming that critical interventions were implemented such that maternal mortality is eradicated as a major cause of death, how would it translate to improved longevity for reproductive-aged women in the Kintampo districts of Ghana?
Methods: The study used longitudinal health and demographic surveillance data from the Kintampo districts to assess the effect of hypothetically eradicating maternal COD on reproductive-aged life expectancy by applying multiple decrement and associated single decrement life table techniques.
Results: According to the results, on the average, women would have lived an additional 4.4 years in their reproductive age if maternal mortality were eradicated as a cause of death, rising from an average of 28.7 years lived during the 2005-2014 period to 33.1 years assuming that maternal mortality was eradicated. The age patterns of maternal-related mortality and all-cause mortality depict that the maternal-related mortality is different from the all-cause mortality for women of reproductive age.
Conclusion: This observation suggests that other COD are competing with maternal mortality among the WRA in the study area and during the study period.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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