Maternal mortality at B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal: review of 6 years.

This study aimed to find out the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in mothers dying after admission to the gynaecology and obstetrics ward of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal, and to analyse the most common causative factor. There was a total of 58 mortality cases in 6 years.The MMR in 1997--1998 was 12/100,000 live births, in 1998--1999 144/100,000, in 1999--2000 294/100,000, in 2000--2001 450/100,000, in 2001--2002 546/100,000 and in 2002--2003 400/100,000. The most common cause of death was septic-induced abortion and its complications, followed by eclampsia and puerperal sepsis.