List of women who died in childbirth

Summary

This is a list of notable women, either famous themselves or closely associated with someone well known, who suffered maternal death as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO):

"the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes."

Note that this wording includes abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and ectopic pregnancy. Generally, there is a distinction between a direct maternal death that is the result of a complication of the pregnancy, delivery, or management of the two, and an indirect maternal death that is a pregnancy-related death in a woman with a pre-existing or newly developed health problem unrelated to pregnancy. Fatalities during but unrelated to a pregnancy are termed accidental, incidental, or non-obstetrical maternal deaths.

However, the WHO definition is only one of many; other definitions may include accidental and incidental causes. Cases with "incidental causes" include deaths secondary to violence against women that may be related to the pregnancy and be affected by the socioeconomic and cultural environment. Also, it has been reported [by whom?]that about 10% of maternal deaths may occur late, that is after 42 days after a termination or delivery; thus, some definitions extend the period of observation to one year after the end of gestation.

Women by country edit

Angola edit

Australia edit

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Belarus edit

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Bohemia edit

Bolivia edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

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Cuba edit

  • Caridad del Riesgo y Calero (1902), mother of Alfonso Bernal del Riesgo (his mother died a few days after giving birth, and his twin brother died a little earlier)

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Kingdom of Jerusalem (now Israel or Palestine) edit

  • Maria of Montferrat (1212), Queen of Jerusalem, died after giving birth to Isabella, also died in childbirth.
  • Isabella II of Jerusalem (1228), Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Maria of Montferrat, who died in childbirth.

Italy edit

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Kazakhstan edit

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Madagascar edit

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Ottoman Empire edit

Papua New Guinea edit

Persia edit

Peru edit

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Poland edit

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Raj of Sarawak edit

Romania edit

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Serbia edit

Singapore edit

  • Wong Ming Yang (1982), first wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
  • Nadya Dean (2021), singer and rapper

Slovenia edit

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Sweden edit

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Syria edit

Thailand edit

Tunisia edit

Uganda edit

United Kingdom edit

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Venezuela edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Eleftherios Venizelos". Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
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  3. ^ Budi, Candra Setia (20 August 2021). "Profil Percha Leanpuri, Anak Gubernur Sumsel yang Meninggal Pasca-melahirkan, Pernah Jadi Anggota DPD Termuda". Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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  5. ^ O'Kane, Caitlin (March 27, 2024). "Longtime Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader Krystal Anderson dies after giving birth". CBS News. Retrieved April 3, 2024.