%0 Journal Article
%T Unnatural pregnancy deaths in Las Vegas: a descriptive study
%J Journal of forensic and legal medicine
%D 2016
%A Mahesan Paul, Anthea B.
%A Simms, Lary
%A Paul, Abraham Ebenezer
%A Yorke, Jojo
%A Saroya, Tarnjot
%A Schmidseder, Christopher
%A Mahesan, Andrew A.
%A Mahesan, Arnold M.
%V 44
%N 
%P 79-83
%X This study reports descriptive data assessing the prevalence of various risk factors and associations among pregnancy-related death by unnatural causes (PRUD), namely suicide, homicide and accidental causes in the city of Las Vegas. In 7215 women referred for autopsy, results showed PRUD 0.1% (n = 37) was more common in the Caucasian race 45.9% (n = 17), and ages 20-30 years 43.2% (n = 16). We also identified high prevalence of mental illness 51.3% (n = 19) and low prenatal care 37.8% (n = 14), particularly in our suicide cohort 100.0% (n = 13), and 15.3% (n = 2) respectively. Our study demonstrates the first investigation to identify the relationship between mental illness, particularly mood and substance disorders with pregnancy-related unnatural death.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1752-928X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2016.08.018