Maternal mortality: causes in Argentina 2021

In 2021, a total of 13 people died due to complications following an abortion in Argentina. Meanwhile, 34 deaths were reported due to hypertension, edema or proteinuria during pregnancy, childbirth or puerperium. According to a survey carried out in the South American country in November 2020, more than a third of respondents strongly disagreed with the decriminalization of abortion.

Number of maternal deaths in Argentina in 2021, by cause of death

Characteristic	Abortion	Direct obstetric causes	Indirect obstetric causes
Abortion	13	-	-
Hypertension, edema or proteinuria	-	34	-
Sepsis, other infections and complications related to puerperium	-	26	-
Postpartum hemorrhage	-	20	-
Placenta praevia, placental abruption or antepartum hemorrhage	-	5	-
Obstetric death of unspecified cause	-	4	-
Other direct obstetric causes	-	18	-
Cardiovascular disease	-	-	15
Respiratory disease	-	-	7
Digestive disease	-	-	4
Other viral infections related to pregnancy*	-	-	228
Other indirect obstetric causes	-	-	19

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June 2023

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Argentina

Survey time period

2021

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* There were 220 maternal deaths reported related to COVID-19.
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