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Underreporting of Maternal Deaths on Death Certificates and the Magnitude of the Problem of Maternal Mortality

Isabelle L. Horon, DrPH

The author is with the Vital Statistics Administration at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore.



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  		FIGURE 1—— Number of maternal deaths, by source of identification, Maryland, 1993–2000.
Note. The gray area highlights the number of maternal deaths that were identified through death records. The nonshaded areas show the cases that were missed.

 




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