Abstract

Epidemiological study of maternal death in Indonesia and Sweden suggests a link between two unrelated data sets. Fifty years ago ('1930'), the Swedish maternal death risk exhibited a pronounced J-shaped pattern by maternal age; and a similar pronounced J-shaped pattern is observed 50 years later in Indonesia for women with prolonged/obstructed labor attended at the top referral and teaching institutions. Epidemiological documentation of 'North data sets' may possibly be used for teaching on factors affecting 'South mortality transition'. The documentation of a 'North-South transition' could accelerate the current dynamics of needed mortality decline by pointed programmatic intervention. The two figures are self-contained reference baselines.

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