Among 2,291,493 materni-ties, WWE accounted for fourteen deaths, among which SUDEP was diagnosed in 11 (79%). Of the remaining three deaths, one occurred while bathing, one was due to hypoxic brain damage, and the last was due to chest trauma with secondary sepsis following a seizure. Nine deaths occurred during pregnancy and five were postpartum. Nine deaths occurred in women treated with LTG, seven of whom used LTG in monotherapy. The epilepsy-related deaths in pregnant women were found to be relatively constant over the last 15 years, ranging from nine (between 1991 and 1993) to 19 (between 1994 and 1996) per year.