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Maternal mortality ratio Percent of maternal deaths by proximate cause
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•Definition: The ratio of the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. A maternal death is 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 but not from accidental or incidental causes.
•Default data source: WHO, "Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017." https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241516488
•Notes: All values can be replaced with DHS/MICS or other estimates if they are more appropriate for the analysis that needs to be completed.
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Percent of maternal deaths by proximate cause
•Definition: The proportion of maternal deaths due to one of nine causes (antepartum hemorrhage, intrapartum hemorrhage, postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, sepsis, abortion, embolism, other direct causes, and indirect causes).
•Default data source: Say L, Chou D, Gemmill A, et al. Global causes of maternal death: A WHO systematic analysis. Lancet Global Health 2014; 2(6): e323-33. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25103301. Data are from unpublished tables associated with this article.
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