Ujah I A O, Aisien O A, Mutihir J T, Vanderjagt D J, Glew R H, Uguru V E
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2005 Jan;25(1):3-6. doi: 10.1080/01443610400023395.
The adolescent maternal mortality ratio is high in Jos, north-central Nigeria. The main causes of maternal deaths among the adolescents were unsafe abortion, eclampsia and sepsis. The Hausa/Fulani ethnic group constituted the largest ethnic group of adolescent maternal deaths in our study. The risk factors for adolescent maternal mortality found in our study were illiteracy, non-utilisation of antenatal services and Hausa/Fulani ethnic group.
在尼日利亚中北部的乔斯，青少年孕产妇死亡率很高。青少年孕产妇死亡的主要原因是不安全堕胎、子痫和败血症。在我们的研究中，豪萨/富拉尼族是青少年孕产妇死亡人数最多的族群。我们的研究发现，青少年孕产妇死亡的风险因素包括文盲、未利用产前服务以及豪萨/富拉尼族。
