Definition: The maternal mortality ratio (MMRatio) 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). The MMRatio includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020
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National Institutes of Health - 1/13/2022 10:50:00 AM
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America leads wealthy countries in maternal deaths. Our local data could change that.
Yahoo - 1/18/2022 1:03:00 PM
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AllAfrica.com - 1/13/2022 4:04:00 PM
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TheWrap - 1/21/2022 9:59:00 PM
Sundance 2022: "Someone would tell me a story about a sister, a friend, a cousin who had died from complications of childbirth," Tonya Lewis Lee tells TheWrap
Black Maternal & Infant Mortality: ‘The most vulnerable among us are the most directly affected by the policies.’
KBIA - 1/13/2022 6:05:00 PM
other industrialized countries in the world – our numbers far exceed theirs. We are the wealthiest nation in the world, and we have the worst maternal and infant mortality rates. So, it's can't be the technology. It can't… it just can't be that because ...
Maternal and child healthcare isn't reaching everyone in urban sub-Saharan Africa
Medical Xpress - 1/12/2022 10:33:00 PM
The world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and child health. For instance, the World Health Organisation reported a 38% reduction in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2017, globally.
