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ArticleRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2024

Maternal mortality in Panama from 1998 to 2022.

Yovani Chavez, Tania Herrera

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Yovani ChavezSistema Nacional de Investigación Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT)/Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología Panama City Panama Sistema Nacional de Investigación, Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT)/Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología, Panama City, Panama.
Tania HerreraSistema Nacional de Investigación, SENACYT/Hospital Pacífica Salud Panama City Panama Sistema Nacional de Investigación, SENACYT/Hospital Pacífica Salud, Panama City, Panama.

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Objective: To examine maternal mortality in Panama, analyzing its direct obstetric deaths, indirect obstetric deaths, and contributory conditions. Methods: This cohort study used publicly available data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census to present a 25-year retrospective analysis of maternal deaths in the Republic of Panama from 1998 to 2022. Public data were sourced from the National Institute of Statistics and Census website of Panama. Relevant codes from the Results: A total of 1 026 maternal deaths occurred in Panama from 1998 through 2022, of which 61.2% were attributed to direct obstetric causes; 23.9%, indirect obstetric causes; 13.6%, contributory conditions; and 1.4% were unknown or undetermined. The average MMR was 60.1. The trendline reliability resulted in Conclusions: The findings of this study confirmed that there were substantially more direct obstetric causes (61.2%) than indirect obstetric causes (23.9%), contributory causes (13.6%), or unknown/undetermined causes (1.4%) of maternal mortality, despite being highly preventable. Although Panama is right on track to fulfill the target of 70 MMR by 2030, these results highlight the lack of health care access due to the absence of obstetrician-gynecologists per 100 000 population in indigenous comarcas, where 30.8% of the maternal mortalities occur. Furthermore, the health system in Panama is not immune to pandemics and crises. From 1998 to 2022, there were 5 years when the MMR in Panama exceeded 70: 2001, 2002, 2006, 2011, and 2020. These findings also underscore the dichotomy between statistics and health policy. While the trendline reliability was insignificant (

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cause of deathInternational Classification of DiseasesMaternal mortalityPanamareproductive health servicessustainable development indicators

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