Definitions for "Maternal Death"
the death of woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes. (Department of Health)
a terrible way to die, be it bleeding to death due to an unsafe abortion or agonising in the convulsions of toxaemia or obstructive labour
The death of a woman resulting from pregnancy or childbearing, while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy.