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The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [9]
The following list sorts countries and dependent territories by their net reproduction rate. The net reproduction rate (R 0) is the number of surviving daughters per woman and an important indicator of the population's reproductive rate.
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 pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a ...
A 2023 map of countries by fertility rate. Blue indicates negative fertility rates. Red indicates positive rates. The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of ...
Map of countries by fertility rate (2024), according to the Population Reference Bureau. Studies show that more than half of the world's maternal deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. [38] [39] However progress has been made in this area, as maternal mortality rates have decreased for multiple countries in the region by about half since 1990. [39]
Compared to white women, the rate of HIV infection is disproportionately high in Black and Hispanic women. These groups account for 75% of infection among women. [204] There is also a gap in contraceptive use between white and Black women. These disparities are partly due to lack of health insurance and financial costs. [204]
Black women have 3.4 times the risk of maternal death from pregnancy complications compared to white women. [74] Black women over 40 years old have the highest risk of pregnancy-related deaths of any group, at 192 deaths per 100,000 live births. [74] Cardiomyopathy, thrombotic pulmonary embolism, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy ...
In 2021, over 1,200 women died from pregnancy-related complications within the United States, with Black women facing a mortality rate nearly three times more than the rate for White women. [1] There have been significant differences between the maternal mortality of White women versus Black women throughout history.