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22 de jun. de 2023 · Regression-adjusted maternal mortality per 100 000 discharges declined from 10.6 deaths in Q1 2008 to 4.6 deaths in Q4 2021. Mortality was significantly higher among patients with advanced maternal age (eg, age 35-44 years vs 25-34 years: adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.49; 95% CI, 1.22-1.84).
- Key Facts
- Overview
- Where Do Maternal Deaths occur?
- Why Do Women Die?
- How Can Women’s Lives Be Saved?
- Why Do Women Not Get The Care They Need?
- What Was The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Maternal Mortality?
- The Sustainable Development Goals and Maternal Mortality
- Who Response
Every day in 2020, almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.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.Maternal mortality is unacceptably high. About 287 000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2020. Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries in 2020, and most could have been prevented. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) regions and sub-regionsare used here. Sub-Saharan Africa and Sout...
The high number of maternal deaths in some areas of the world reflects inequalities in access to quality health services and highlights the gap between rich and poor. The MMR in low-income countries in 2020 was 430 per 100 000 live births versus 13 per 100 000 live births in high income countries. Humanitarian, conflict, and post-conflict settings ...
Women die as a result of complications during and following pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these complications develop during pregnancy and most are preventable or treatable. Other complications may exist before pregnancy but are worsened during pregnancy, especially if not managed as part of the woman’s care. The major complications that accoun...
To avoid maternal deaths, it is vital to prevent unintended pregnancies. All women, including adolescents, need access to contraception, safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and quality post-abortion care. Most maternal deaths are preventable, as the health-care solutions to prevent or manage complications are well known. All women...
Poor women in remote areas are the least likely to receive adequate health care (3).This is especially true for SDG regions with relatively low numbers of skilled health care providers, such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. The latest available data suggest that in most high income and upper middle income countries, approximately 99% of all...
It is clear from the data that the stagnation in maternal mortality reductions pre-dates the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the lack of progress but does not represent the full explanation. The level of maternal mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been impacted by two mechanisms: de...
In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), countries have united behind the target to accelerate the decline of maternal mortality by 2030. SDG 3 includes an ambitious target: “reducing the global MMR to less than 70 per 100 000 births, with no country having a maternal mortality rate of more than twice the global average”. The glob...
Improving maternal health is one of WHO’s key priorities. WHO works to contribute to the reduction of maternal mortality by increasing research evidence, providing evidence-based clinical and programmatic guidance, setting global standards, and providing technical support to Member States on developing and implementing effective policy and programm...
1 de fev. de 2023 · The report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020. The estimates represent the most up to date, internationally-comparable MMEIG estimates of maternal mortality, using refined input data and methods from previous rounds, and the trends cover the ...
23 de fev. de 2023 · The report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020.
The global MMR in 2020 was estimated at 223 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births (UI 202 to 255), down from 227 in 2015 (UI 211 to 246) and from 339 in 2000 (UI 319 to 360) – a reduction of one third (34.3%) over the full 20-year period.
Todos os dias em 2020, aproximadamente 800 mulheres morreram de causas evitáveis relacionadas à gravidez e ao parto - o que significa que uma mulher morre a cada dois minutos.
22 de fev. de 2023 · In 2020, about 70% of all maternal deaths were in sub-Saharan Africa, and in nine countries facing severe humanitarian crises, maternal mortality rates were more than double the world average. Read the report. Receive the latest updates from the UNICEF Data team.
