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It is estimated that 303,000 women are killed each year in childbirth and pregnancy worldwide. [74] The global rate in 2017 is 211 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births and 45% of postpartum deaths occur within 24 hours. [75] Whereas in 2020, the global rate was 223 deaths per 100,000 live births.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in March 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
As of 2021, the US had an estimated 32.9 deaths per 100,000 births. [2] The CDC reported an increase in the maternal mortality ratio in the United States from 18.8 deaths per 100,000 births to 23.8 deaths per 100,000 births between 2000 and 2014, a 26.6% increase. [6]
It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of live births and essentially captures the risk of death in a single pregnancy or a single live birth. Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during ...
Ann Lovett (1984), unmarried teenage mother whose death sparked a national debate; Savita Halappanavar (2012), her death caused widespread outrage after doctors refused to terminate her 17-week-long pregnancy, and ignited protests and debate on Irish abortion laws.
It is not to be confused with the maternal mortality rate, which is the number of maternal deaths (direct and indirect) in a given period per 100,000 women of reproductive age during the same time period. [1] The statistics are gathered by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. [2]
This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by birth and death rate, expressed per 1,000 inhabitants, for 2021, using the most recent data available from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Women who died during, ... Pages in category "Deaths in childbirth" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 492 total.