List of countries by maternal mortality ratio
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Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." The maternal mortality ratio, on the other hand, is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The maternal mortality ratio is used as a criterion for the quality of medical care in a country.
List
Countries by maternal mortality ratio in the year 2015. All data is from the World Bank.[1]
References
- ^ "Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) | Data". Retrieved 2018-06-27.