[The increasing importance of extragenital pathology in the structure of maternal mortality in Russia].

Objective: to determine the proportion of direct obstetric and indirect extragenital causes of maternal deaths in Russia in recent years.

Material And Methods: Official statistical data on maternal mortality in Russia were analyzed according to the criteria of the 10 revision of the International Classification of Diseases and compared with those in European countries and the USA.

Results: In the past 10 years, Russia has registered a gradual decline in the single maternal mortality rate: 27.