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  • Reproductive Health
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Perinatal Medicine

Background:

  • Maternal mortality, encompassing deaths during pregnancy or within 42 days postpartum (with late maternal deaths up to 365 days), is a key indicator of women's health and healthcare system performance.
  • Existing Canadian systems for reporting maternal mortality are fragmented, with investigations handled provincially/territorially, and national surveillance limited by data access.
  • This fragmentation prevents a comprehensive national understanding of maternal mortality prevalence and trends in Canada.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the critical need for a unified national system to accurately report maternal mortality in Canada.
  • To emphasize the limitations of current Canadian data collection methods for maternal deaths.
  • To advocate for the establishment of a national confidential enquiry system for maternal mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the current Canadian framework for maternal death investigation and surveillance.
  • Identification of data gaps and limitations within existing national systems like the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.
  • Review of international models for successful national confidential enquiry systems for maternal mortality.

Main Results:

  • Canada currently lacks a centralized national system for reporting maternal mortality.
  • Maternal death investigations are decentralized, falling under provincial/territorial coroner and medical examiner jurisdictions.
  • The Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System has restricted access to comprehensive datasets, impeding accurate national reporting.

Conclusions:

  • Accurate national data on maternal mortality prevalence and trends in Canada is currently unavailable.
  • Establishing a national confidential enquiry system is essential for a complete picture of maternal mortality.
  • Such a system should be modeled after successful international frameworks to ensure effectiveness and comprehensive data capture.