TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Unnatural pregnancy deaths in Las Vegas: a descriptive study
JO  - Journal of forensic and legal medicine
A1  - Mahesan Paul, Anthea B.
A1  - Simms, Lary
A1  - Paul, Abraham Ebenezer
A1  - Yorke, Jojo
A1  - Saroya, Tarnjot
A1  - Schmidseder, Christopher
A1  - Mahesan, Andrew A.
A1  - Mahesan, Arnold M.
SP  - 79
EP  - 83
VL  - 44
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1752-928X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2016.08.018
ID  - ref1
ER  -