About Maternal moality rate which of the following is true?
Maternal moality rate is the total no.of female deaths due to complications of pregnancy,childbih,or eithin 42 days of delivery from puerperal causes in an area during a given year divided by total no.of live bihs in the same area and year.REF.PARK'S TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE.Editon-21.Page no.-514
It is rate, not ratio
Numerator includes complications related deaths up to 42 days after pregnancy
Denominator includes still bih and aboions
Expressed as rate per 1000 live bihs
obstetrics,pediatrics and geriatrics