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Maternal Mortality

Surveillance in the United States: Moving into the 21st Century

2010 National Health Objective

Women who are black, Native American, Hispanic or Asian immigrants, or older are more likely to experience maternal death than are their white or younger counterparts

Strategies to Reduce Pregnancy-Related Deaths: From Identification and Review to Action

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ICD-9 definition of mortality caused by pregnancy

Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System

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Maternal Mortality -- United States, 1982-1996

Pregnancy-Related Mortality Surveillance -United States, 1987-1990

Pregnancy-Related Mortality - from the CDC

Program on Averting Maternal Death and Disability

Regional Prevention of Maternal Mortality Network (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Safe Motherhood: Promoting Health for Women Before, During, and After Pregnancy 2002

Black-white gap in maternal mortality-United States 1992-1996

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Medicine: A Woman's Career

When AMWA was founded in 1915, women represented 5-6% of all physicians in the U.S. The organization's statement of purpose was, "to bring Medical Women into communication with each other for their mutual advantage, and to encourage social and harmonious relations within and without the profession."

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A leading advocate for women's health and women in medicine, AMWA is an active participant in setting national health care policy and influencing legislation on women's health issues.