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Hidden Maternal Mortality? Under-Registration of Maternal Mortality in Maastricht, 1870–1910

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Analysis uncovers under-registration of maternal mortality in municipal reports, suggesting historical data may misrepresent risks.

Under-registration of maternal mortality in Maastricht indicates misclassification of causes of death.
About half of women who died postpartum had causes recorded unrelated to childbirth, complicating historical data.
Data compared across three sources, revealing discrepancies in maternal mortality records over the decades examined.
Findings suggest historical underreporting of pregnancy-related deaths, with conditions like tuberculosis frequently misattributed.

Murkens et al. (2025) studied this question.

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