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Floarea Mocean¹, Doina Miere, Lorena Filip

¹Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "I. Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca.

Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii De Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi

|April 9, 2008

Summary

Romania

Area of Science:

Demography
Public Health
Sociology

Background:

Communist Romania's pro-natalist demographic policies encouraged large families.
Maternal mortality was a significant issue, particularly before 1989.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the trends and causes of maternal deaths in Cluj County, Romania, from 1970 to 2004.
To analyze the impact of demographic policy changes in 1990 on maternal mortality.

Main Methods:

Descriptive, observational, retrospective study of 263 maternal deaths in Cluj County (1970-2004).
Data collected from Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinics, analyzed by socio-demographic variables, causes, and consequences.

Main Results:

Abortion complications were the primary cause of maternal death before 1990.

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