对１９９６～１９９８年广州市辖９区４县级市孕产妇死亡资料进行分析，活产数２２１８２７次，同期孕产妇死亡 ８２例，平均孕产妇死亡率 ３６．９７／１０万。直接产科死因５０例，占 ０．９８％，间接产科死因 ３２例，占３９．０２％。主要死因及顺位依次为产科出血，羊水栓塞，妊娠合并肝病，妊高征．产褥感染，妊娠合并心脏病。提出：孕产妇接受保健措施不够，其死亡率较高。 The data of maternal death in 9 districts and 4 county-level cities in Guangzhou from 1996 to 1998 were analyzed. The number of live births was 221,827. There were 82 maternal deaths in the same period, with an average maternal mortality rate of 36.97 / 100 000. Direct obstetric causes of death in 50 cases, accounting for 0.98%, 32 cases of indirect obstetric causes, accounting for 39.02%. The main cause of death and the order followed by obstetric hemorrhage, amniotic fluid embolism, pregnancy complicated with liver disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension. Puerperal infection, pregnancy complicated with heart disease. Proposed: maternal health care is not enough, the higher the mortality rate.