PIP: Data from a survey of survivors of deceased married women who were between the ages of 15 and 50 when they died in Quena governorate, Egypt, are presented and analyzed for the period 1989-1990. Separate consideration is given to mortality by cause, including diseases of the circulatory system, maternal mortality, and malignant neoplasms. Risk factors associated with maternal mortality are then explored. (SUMMARY IN ARA)