Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title page and verso
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Key findings
- Sections
- Section A Introduction
- Aims of this report
- Australian definitions of maternal mortality
- Epidemiology of maternal deaths
- Section B Direct maternal deaths
- Direct maternal deaths summary
- Obstetric haemorrhage
- Amniotic fluid and air embolism
- Thrombosis and thromboembolism
- Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
- Early pregnancy deaths
- Deaths due to anaesthesia
- Other direct maternal causes of death
- Section C Indirect maternal deaths
- Indirect maternal deaths summary
- Cardiac disease
- Deaths from psychiatric causes
- Other indirect causes of maternal death
- Section D Incidental maternal deaths
- Incidental maternal deaths summary
- Incidental causes of maternal death
- Section E Other key areas
- Maternal mortality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
- Deaths associated with Caesarean section
- Epidemiology of maternal deaths in Australia 1973-99
- Trends in reproductive health and maternity care in Australia, 1991-2000
- International comparisons
- Data collection and classification issues
- Recommendations for future reporting
- Section A Introduction
- End matter
- Section F Appendices
- Appendix 1: Membership of the AIHW National Advisory Committee on Maternal Mortality
- Appendix 2: Membership of AIHW National Advisory Committee Working Group
- Appendix 3: Membership of the State and Territory Maternal Mortality Committees 1997-99
- Appendix 4: Method of enquiry
- Appendix 5: National Maternal Death Reporting Form
- Appendix 6: Statistical methods and classifications
- Appendix 7: Late maternal deaths
- References
- Section F Appendices