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Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births. [1] From Our World in Data (using World Health Organization definition): "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 ...
Fig.1-Child mortality rate in Portugal, Europe and World. From 1970 to 2023. Child mortality rate (under five mortality rate- U5MR) has decreased over the past five decades. [2] In 1970, 6.9% of all the children die before reaching the age of five, for instance in 1990, 1.5% were affected and in 2021 only 0.3% die before being five years old. [2]
The maternal mortality rate in Portugal is 8.00 deaths/100,000 live births (as of 2010). This is low by global standards, but is still higher than many other Western countries. [18] Portugal's HIV/AIDS rate is, at 0.6% of adults (aged 15–49), one of the highest in Europe. [19]
The maternal mortality ratio is a key performance indicator (KPI) for efforts to improve the health and safety of mothers before, during, and after childbirth per country worldwide. Often referred to as MMR, it is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management ...
Maternal mortality in the U.S. While the primary focus of the report is maternal mortality in LMICs, the authors note that the same approaches that work in the developing world can help reduce the ...
Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to pregnancy, underlying conditions worsened by the pregnancy or management of these conditions.
She later took further courses in Maternal Health and Family Planning in London, Paris and the USA. Portugal at that time suffered from high incidences of maternal deaths and perinatal mortality, reflecting the lack of care available to pregnant women, foetuses and newborns. Only 65% of births were in hospital.
The SB 8 effect, Cohen’s team found, was swift and stark. Within a year, maternal mortality rose in all racial groups studied. Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant ...