Baker Nicole, Fogarty Cheryl, Stroud David, Rochat Roger
City of Philadelphia Public Health Department, USA.
Minn Med. 2004 Jan;87(1):45-7.
Comprehensive surveillance is critical to accurate identification of pregnancy-associated deaths and risk factors and is the first step in implementing programs to prevent such deaths in young women. In Minnesota, surveillance is currently based on analysis of data from death records. This study sought to demonstrate that the state's current surveillance method underestimates the actual burden of maternal deaths in Minnesota. It proposes that ongoing enhanced surveillance--analysis of death certificate data combined with the linking of death records of women of reproductive age with live birth records or fetal death records--provides a more complete and accurate accounting of pregnancy-associated mortality in Minnesota.
全面监测对于准确识别与妊娠相关的死亡及风险因素至关重要，是实施预防年轻女性此类死亡项目的第一步。在明尼苏达州，目前的监测基于对死亡记录数据的分析。本研究旨在证明该州目前的监测方法低估了明尼苏达州孕产妇死亡的实际负担。研究提出，持续加强监测——分析死亡证明数据，并将育龄妇女的死亡记录与出生记录或死胎记录相链接——能更完整、准确地统计明尼苏达州与妊娠相关的死亡率。
