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>Suicide is the leading cause of death of mothers in the perinatal period Do you have a source for that? Looks like homicide remains the leading cause of deat

• DanBC 11y ago
  Yes, that's true in the US. I keep forgetting that the US is so violent that it needs to be excluded from stuff that's true for the rest of the western world. Also, the US counts pregnancy related deaths differently (notice you're not using CDC as a cite) and the US counts suicide differently. But even in the US suicide is a leading cause of death of women in the perinatal period. Here's cites for the UK: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/183/4/279 http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/183/4/279 And the WHO lists suicide as a leading cause of death in the Western world, and in the two most populous countries > Suicide is a leading cause of maternal death in developed countries. The 1997-1999 Report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the UK identified psychiatric disorders, and suicide in particular, as the leading cause of maternal death (6). Suicide is now a leading cause of death in young women in the reproductive age group in the world's two most populous countries, India and China