Maternal mortality in Turkey

All maternal deaths a re considered as a social injustice. For this reason, governments should take necessary measures to make motherhood safer. In order to prevent prematüre deaths of women, causes of deaths must be known. In Turkey, the latest survey conducted in hospitals in seleeted 53 provinces. This hospital-based survey revealed that maternal mortalities make up 5% of all women deaths and maternal mortality is 49.2 per hundred thousand live births. Factors which a re related with the slatus of women ineluding, educalion. socio-economic conclilions, early marriage age, and fertility level have influence maternal mortality level in the community. Accessibility and availability ot maternal health care services are also very important factor to reduce maternal mortality.