Some maternal deaths result from accidents and mental health issues like depression, which often lead to suicide, according to coroners' data from Canada.
In poorer urban neighborhoods of Ontario, rates of severe maternal morbidity or mortality are slightly lower in immigrant mothers than in native-born mothers, data indicate.
For women undergoing first-trimester induced abortion (IA), short-term adverse events are more likely among those prescribed mifepristone-misoprostol than procedural IA.