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Algeria |
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Angola |
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Benin |
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Botswana |
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Burkina Faso |
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Burundi |
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Cameroon |
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Cape Verde |
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Central African Republic |
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Chad |
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Comoros |
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Congo |
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Côte d’Ivoire |
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Djibouti |
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DRC |
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Egypt |
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Eritrea |
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Eswatini |
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Ethiopia |
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Gabon |
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Gambia |
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Ghana |
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Guinea |
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Guinea-Bissau |
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Kenya |
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Lesotho |
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Liberia |
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Libya |
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Madagascar |
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Malawi |
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Mali |
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Mauritania |
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Mauritius |
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Morocco |
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Mozambique |
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Namibia |
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Niger |
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Nigeria |
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Rwanda |
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SADR |
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São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Senegal |
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Seychelles |
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Sierra Leone |
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Somalia |
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South Africa |
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South Sudan |
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Sudan |
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Tanzania |
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Togo |
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Tunisia |
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Uganda |
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Zambia |
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Zimbabwe |
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Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health |
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Life expectancy at birth |
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Maternal mortality ratio |
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Stillbirth rate |
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Neonatal mortality rate |
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Infant mortality rate |
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Under 5 mortality rate |
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Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits |
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Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits |
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Births attended by skilled health personnel |
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Postpartum care coverage for mothers |
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Postnatal care coverage for newborns |
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Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months |
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Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination |
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Stunting - short height for age under age 5 |
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Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 |
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Overweight - heavy for height under 5 |
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Sexual and Reproductive Health |
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Child marriage before age 15 |
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Child marriage before age 18 |
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Female genital mutilation |
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Sexual violence by age 18 - female |
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Sexual violence by age 18 - male |
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Very early child bearing under age 16 |
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Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 |
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Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women |
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Demand satisfied for modern contraception |
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Communicable Diseases |
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New HIV infections |
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Antiretroviral treatment coverage |
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Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV |
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Condom use |
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New TB infections |
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New malaria infections |
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Non-Communicable Diseases |
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Mortality from non-communicable diseases |
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Suicide mortality rate |
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Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over |
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Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over |
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Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over |
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Health Financing |
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External health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
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Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
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Government health expenditure as % GDP |
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Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure |
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Government health expenditure per capita |
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Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure |
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Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health |
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Health systems and policies |
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Density of health workers - physicians |
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Density of health workers - nurses and midwives |
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Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff |
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Qualified obstetricians |
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Birth registration |
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At least basic drinking water |
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At least basic sanitation services |
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Open defecation |
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Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
| Full Name: | Maternal Mortality Ratio |
| Full Unit: | per 100,000 live births |
| Year-range of Data: | 2017 |
| Source: | WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division |
| Link to Source: | https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal-mortality-2000-2017/en/ |
| Date Source Published: | 19th September 2019 |
| Date Source Accessed: | 27th September 2019 |
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The following countries had no data: |
The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is the rate at which women die from maternal causes (any cause related to pregnancy, during childbirth, pregnancy or within 42 days of childbirth). It is measured as the number of maternal deaths per every 100,000 live births. A live birth refers to any baby that is born that shows signs of life outside of the womb. A maternal death refers to the death of woman while she is pregnant or within 42 days of childbirth, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management. Maternal deaths exclude accidental or other non-related causes of death.
Problems during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death and disability of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in developing countries. This indicator acts as a record of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth and reflects the ability of a country’s healthcare system to provide safe care during pregnancy and childbirth. The MMR represents the risk associated with each pregnancy and birth and ratio is an indicator for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 3 Health and Wellbeing Target 3.1: By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. This indicator is also part of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) under Survive: End preventable deaths.
In high-income countries, the data for maternal mortality ratio are from nationally registered deaths to women, with maternal death as the cause, then dividing by the number of registered live births. If birth and death registration is incomplete other methods are used such as a special survey or population censuses. Where there are no data, an estimate is generated from three factors: GDP, fertility rate and births attended by a skilled attendant. To facilitate the identification of maternal deaths in circumstances in which cause of death attribution is inadequate, sometimes "pregnancy-related" deaths are counted instead of maternal deaths. These are women’s deaths while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death.
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More about indicator and sources
Estimates have been computed to ensure comparability across countries, thus they are not necessarily the same as official statistics of the countries, which may use alternative rigorous methods. Countries included in all tables presented in this report (185 countries) are limited to WHO Member States with populations over 100 000.
See the WHO report to read more detail: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal-mortality-2000-2017/en/
In February 2015, the World Health Organization published “Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)” (EPMM Strategies), a direction-setting report outlining global targets and strategies for reducing maternal mortality under the SDGs, including the following global and national targets:
Global Target:
By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
You can read more about EPMM here: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/maternal_perinatal/epmm/en/
National Targets:
By 2030, countries should reduce their MMRs by at least two-thirds from their 2010 baseline; countries with the highest maternal mortality burdens will need to achieve even greater reduction.
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By 2030, no country should have an MMR greater than 140 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, a number twice the global target.
This platform shows a projection line towards the 2030 target, which is calculated by a linear regression using the latest 5 data points. This is shown in green when the projection is modelled to achieve the target and red if it the projection is modelled not to achieve the target (based on the last 5 data points).
More information on calculations
The easiest way to calculate the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is by using nationally registered deaths to women in a one year period – and selecting those with maternal death as the cause, then dividing by the number of registered live births in the same year for that country. However, for this method – both birth and death registration need to be nearly complete, and causes of deaths need to be recorded accurately. In most African countries, although registration is improving, it is not good enough to measure the MMR. Countries therefore use a range of different methods to find out how many women die in childbirth. Often a special survey is carried out, or the population census asks questions about maternal death. In other countries there is a ‘sample’ registration scheme which includes 100% birth and death registration within sample areas. There are some countries where there are no data and an estimate of the MMR is based on the country’s GDP, fertility rate and percentage of births with a skilled attendant.
For more information on the metadata, visit: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-01-01.pdf
To read more about the technical details on how the 2030 EPMM targets are calculated, visit this site: http://srhr.org/mmr2030/
