Table 1 Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by site and year
Region | Africa | Asia | Latin America | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site | Kenya | Zambia | Belgaum, India | Nagpur, India | Pakistan | Argentina | Guatemala | Â |
Births, n | 35,603 | 27,614 | 84,573 | 41,293 | 49,602 | 9,860 | 29,191 | 277,736 |
Maternal deaths, n | 44 | 34 | 99 | 44 | 146 | 7 | 28 | 402 |
Deliveries, n | 36,060 | 27,863 | 85,160 | 41,574 | 50,191 | 9,921 | 29,392 | 280,161 |
Live births, n | 35,300 | 26,997 | 78,189 | 38,326 | 45,439 | 9,781 | 28,855 | 262,887 |
Total MMR | 124.6 | 125.9 | 126.6 | 114.8 | 321.3 | 71.6 | 97.0 | 152.9 |
MMR, (95% CI) ‡ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2010 | 133.3 (56.9, 209.7) | 157.8 (63.9, 251.7) | 169.2 (112.1, 226.4) | 132.1 (59.8, 204.3) | 226.6 (146.2, 306.9) | 106.6 (0.0, 228.1) | 156.5 (47.6, 265.5) | 165.9 (135.0, 196.8) |
2011 | 127.1 (54.5, 199.7) | 130.1 (44.5, 215.6) | 124.0 (75.2, 172.9) | 128.1 (55.4, 200.8) | 354.7 (251.3, 458.1) | 99.2 (0.0, 212.3) | 61.1 (0.8, 121.4) | 162.2 (131.8, 192.6) |
2012 | 138.1 (59.2, 217.1) | 137.4 (47.1, 227.6) | 120.6 (73.0, 168.1) | 74.9 (19.1, 130.6) | 382.9 (263.3, 502.5) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 131.3 (45.1, 217.5) | 155.5 (125.1, 185.9) |
2013 | 98.0 (35.6, 160.3) | 76.3 (13.0, 139.6) | 87.2 (49.2, 125.1) | 122.9 (53.5, 192.3) | 347.7 (270.0, 425.5) | * | 67.7 (0.0, 169.6) | 125.5 (99.9, 151.2) |
Total | 124.6 (87.4, 161.9) | 125.9 (83.3, 168.6) | 126.6 (101.5, 151.7) | 114.8 (80.7, 148.9) | 321.3 (268.8, 373.8) | 71.6 (18.3,124.9) | 97.0 (60.9, 133.2) | 152.9 (137.9, 168.0) |