In a similar study an inverse and significant correlation between maternal mortality ratio and antenatal care coverage was found. 11 The proper antenatal care classifies the pregnant woman's risk and specialized professionals can monitor it. 26 Although the municipality has a pregnancy risk classification protocol, 27 among the avoidable maternal deaths, 77% of pregnant women attended antenatal care, a fact that suggests a need for investigating the quality of the antenatal care and hospital assistances. Number of previous pregnancies presented a highly significant association with maternal mortality.
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