Maternal near miss refers to :
Teenager becoming pregnant
Contraceptive failure in a teenager
A woman presenting with life threatening condition but has survived
A woman presenting with life threatening condition who has died
Near miss moality For every woman who dies, many suffer serious life threatening complications of pregnancy. The continuum of maternal health to moality is normal pregnancy --morbidity--severe morbidity--near miss moality--death. As near miss occurs more frequently than maternal death a more reliable assessment of the quality of maternity services can be made. TEXTBOOK OF OBSTETRICS,SHEILA BALAKRISHNAN,Pg no:587,2nd edition
Medical, surgical and gynaecological illness complicating pregnancy