Maternal Mortality in 2030

Maternal death:

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 (from direct or indirect obstetric death), but not from accidental or incidental causes.

For more information please consult ICD-10 available at: http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en

International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, tenth revision. Vol. 2: Instruction manual. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR):

Number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100 000 live births during the same time period.

Annual rate of reduction of maternal mortality (ARR):

The yearly reduction in the maternal mortality ratio calculated as:

ARR = ln(MMR_t1/MMR_t0) / (t1-t0) * 100

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