Title Trends in maternal health in Lithuania 1995–2014 /
Translation of Title Lietuvos nėščiųjų ligų dinamika 1995–2014 metais.
Authors Drąsutienė, Gražina Stanislava ; Drazdienė, Nijolė ; Arlauskienė, Audronė ; Ramašauskaitė, Diana ; Zakarevičienė, Jolita ; Basys, Vytautas ; Kazėnaitė, Edita ; Drąsutis, Jonas ; Sakalauskaitė, Indrė ; Sniečkuvienė, Vilija
DOI 10.6001/actamedica.v23i2.3328
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Is Part of Acta medica Lituanica.. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademija. 2016, Vol. 23, no. 2, p. 117-125.. ISSN 1392-0138. eISSN 2029-4174
Keywords [eng] Lithuanian perinatology centres ; maternal morbidity ; and mortality
Abstract [eng] Background: The Lithuanian Perinatology Program, orders issued by the Ministry of Health, regulating the care and treatment of mothers and their infants, and the well-running perinatal care system helped to improve the diagnostics and treatment of pregnancy pathology. Over the last 20 years, Lithuania has experienced significant improvements in the maternal and perinatal health. Methods and material: Data was collected from the official statistics database Medical data of Births, provided by Institute of Hygiene Health Information Centre, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine and Vilnius University, Centre of Neonatology in 1995 - 2014. Results: The average maternal age at delivery ranged from 25.8 years in 1995 to 28.8 years in 2014. The comparison of 2001 and 2014 data shows that the incidence of gestational diabetes increased by 6.75 times due to the improved diagnosis. The percentage of hypertensive disorders decreased from 6.1% in 1997 to 3.2% in 2014. Between 1995 and 2014, the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women declined by half. The marked decrease in respiratory, urinary, genital and other diseases was observed among pregnant women. From 1995 to 2014, in Lithuania there were 67 maternal deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth. Hemorrhage and infections during pregnancy, delivery and the postpartum period are considered the most common causes of maternal death.
Published Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademija
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2016