Common causes of death in childbearing age women in AL Diwanyia governorate/Iraq

Abstract

Background
 Women in the reproductive age group comprise a dangerous part of ur population because they face a double burden of communicable and non communicable diseases in addition to high risk of pregnancy complication. Thus an expected death of women in reproductive age had big trauma to family in psychological and social level of other member in family.
 Objective
 1-To find out the unrecorded maternal death in health institution
 2- To throw alight on most common causes of death in reproductive age groups woman
 Methods
 A cross sectional description type study was carried out from 1st june to 28thjune 2013 at Diwanyia city. The study enrolled data about dead women of child bearing age 12-49 year that occurred in period from January 2011 to December of 2012. Studied different types of variables age, residence, cause of death.Data were analyzed by (SPSS) like proportion. 
 Result
 A total of 450 deaths in reproductive age group women were reported, of which 18 (4%) were maternal death while 432 (96%) were due to non maternal cause. Majority of the deaths occurred in the age group of 40 – 49 years 169 (37.6%), and the most cause of death are ischemic heart disease 97 (21.6%) follow by cancer 81(18%).
 Conclusion:
 Control of modern life styles such as increase in weight, proper management of pregnancy complications might be decrease death rate in child bearing age women.