Maternal mortality. A survey of 118 maternal deaths and the avoidable factors involved

From January 1973 to December 1975, 26 018 women were delivered at Edendale Hospital. During the same period, 4 478 patients aborted there. Maternal deaths during this period numbered 118, a mortality of 4,5/1 000 total births. Avoidable factors influencing the mortality may have been present in 28 (2387%).