Maternal Mortality: Famous Women Who Died In Childbirth People

Maternal Mortality: Famous Women Who Died In Childbirth

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Maternal death was a common tragedy long ago. In ancient times, maternal mortality rates were particularly high and generally related to complications during delivery. Nearly one in every 100 live births resulted in a mother's death during delivery as recently as 90 years ago. Experts say obesity and giving birth in late 30s and 40s, increases the risk of maternal deaths. Death from childbirth remains fairly rare in the United States now and the rate of the maternal death in childbirth has plummeted in the 20th century worldwide.
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    Agafya Grushetskaya

    1681
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    1870
    Wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
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    Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia

    1783
    Archduchess of Austria as wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
  4. 4
    1861
    First wife of Theodore Roosevelt
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    Alix of Thouars

    1201
    Duchess of Brittany
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    Anna Charlotta Schr�derhiem

    Salonist and socialite
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    Anna Leopoldovna

    1718
    Regent of Russia and mother of Ivan VI of Russia
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    Anna Petrovna of Russia

    1708
    Daughter of Catherine I of Russia and mother of Peter III of Russia
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    Anna von Schweidnitz

    1339
    Third wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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    Barbara Zápolya

    1495
    Queen of Poland
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    Blanche of Navarre

    1226
    Wife of the f*ture King Sancho III of Castile
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    Carin du Rietz

    1766
    Adventurer
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    Catherine Parr

    1512
    Sixth Wife Henry VIII of England
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    1909
    Medical historian
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    Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg

    1694
    Wife of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia
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    Christiana Oxenstierna

    Noble
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    Eleanor de Montfort

    1252
    Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon
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    Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg

    The spouse of the king
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    Elisabeth of Valois

    1545
    Third wife of Philip II of Spain
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    Elizabeth of York

    1466
    Queen of Henry VII of England and mother of Henry VIII
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    Emilia Uggla

    Pianist
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    Emilie Hammarskj�ld

    Composer, musician, member of the Royal Swedish academy of Music
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    Gabrielle d'Estrées

    1571
    Mistress of the French King, died following eclampsia
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    Galla

    Wife of Theodosius I.
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    Gianna Beretta Molla

    1922
    Pediatrician who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2004.

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  1. Loralee Haggar
    Maternal Mortality: Famous Women Who Died In Childbirth at 9/23/2012 12:30 AM
    maternal mortality, fellows!

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