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  1. The maternal mortality ratio can be calculated by dividing recorded (or estimated) maternal deaths by total recorded (or estimated) live births in the same period and multiplying by 100,000.

  2. 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.

  3. Apr 26, 2024 · 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 in low and lower middle-income countries in 2020.

  4. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR): This is derived as the proportion of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births, reported under the SRS. Maternal Mortality Rate: This is calculated as maternal deaths to women in the ages 15-49 per lakh of women in that age group, reported under SRS.

  5. Estimates of maternal mortality ratio (MMR, maternal deaths per 100 000 live births), number of maternal deaths, lifetime risk and proportion of deaths among women of reproductive age that are due to maternal causes (PM), by United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) region,

  6. Two additional indicators of maternal mortality are commonly used: Maternal Mortality Rate — which refers to the number of pregnancy-related deaths in a year divided by the number of women of reproductive age (normally 15 to 49 years old) alive that year

  7. Maternal mortality data come from many sources globally, including CRVS systems, population-based household surveys, reproductive age mortality surveys (RAMOS), confidential enquiries into maternal deaths (CEMD), verbal autopsies, censuses and other specialized maternal mortality studies.

  8. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) measures maternal deaths using the WHO definition for maternal mortality. 5 NVSS reports the maternal mortality rate (MMR) as the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

  9. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.

  10. The maternal mortality ratio can be calculated by dividing recorded (or estimated) maternal deaths by total recorded (or estimated) live births in the same period and multiplying by 100,000.