Definition: Pregnancy-related death

Category: United Nations terminology

A pregnancy-related death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/ICD-10_2nd_ed_volume2.pdf
Source:
World Health Organization (WHO), "ICD-10. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. Volume 2. Second Edition", Geneva, 1992
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