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• TITLE: Assessing Demographic Factors Related to Maternal Mortality in Tehran Province, Iran from 2008 to 2011

  AUTHORS: Fereshteh Farzianpour, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Nasrin Changizi, Khatere Ramezani

  KEYWORDS: Assessing, Demographic Factors, Maternal Mortality, Tehran Province, Iran

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.7 No.3, March 10, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The rate of maternal mortality due to complications of pregnancy and delivery is one of the most significant indicators showing the development state of countries. The purpose of the present study is to assess important indicators of maternal health and predisposing factors of maternal mortality in Tehran province from 2008 to 2011. The present study is a case-control one. All mothers who had lost their life (n = 113) were selected through census and survived mothers (n = 327) through randomized stratified sampling. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS V.22, X2 test, Fishers exact test and Logistic regression. The rate of maternal mortality was the highest (29.2%) in 2009 and the lowest (20.4%) in 2011. Variables type of maternity hospital (P-value = 0.036), maternal education (P-value