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The global rate is 224 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020 (latest available year for some countries). [1]
The Maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). 186 Results.
In high-income countries, the maternal mortality ratio was around 11 per 100,000 live births in 2017. But in low-income countries, it was around 450 per 100,000 — around 40 times higher. Maternal mortality tends to be especially high in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and South and South-East Asia.
Every day in 2020, almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. A maternal death occurred almost every two minutes in 2020. Between 2000 and 2020, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) dropped by about 34% worldwide. Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred ...
Maternal mortality rates can vary significantly around the world. For example, in 2020, Ireland had a maternal mortality rate of zero per 100,000 live births, while Colombia reported a...
From 2000 to 2020, the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 34 per cent – from 339 deaths to 223 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to UN inter-agency estimates. This translates into an average annual rate of reduction of 2.1 per cent.
For the years between 1950 - 1985 we calculated the maternal mortality ratio and maternal mortality rate based on the number of maternal deaths from the WHO mortality database and live births and female population of reproductive age from the UN WPP.
The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period. 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.
Number of maternal deaths. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000 to 2020. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2023.
In 2018, there were 17 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the U.S. — a ratio more than double that of most other high-income countries (Exhibit 1). In contrast, the maternal mortality ratio was three per 100,000 or fewer in in the Netherlands, Norway, and New Zealand.