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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Sep 2010 Estimates of Maternal Mortality 2008 (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/The World Bank) Download File Countries and Territories Maternal mortality ratio* (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) Range of uncertainty on MMR estimates Number of maternal deaths Lifetime risk of maternal death: 1 in: Lower Estimate Upper Estimate Afghanistan 1400 740 2600 18000 11 Albania 31 19 50 14 1700 Algeria 120 61 220 840 340 Andorra - - - - - Angola 610 270 1400 4800 29 Antigua and Barbuda - - - - - Argentina 70 61 77 480 600 Armenia 29 18 45 14 1900 Australia 8 6 10 20 7400 Austria 5 5 6 4 14300 Azerbaijan 38 24 60 63 1200 Bahamas 49 38 57 3 1000 Bahrain 19 11 30 3 2200 Bangladesh 340 170 660 12000 110 Barbados 64 55 72 2 1100 Belarus 15 12 20 15 5100 Belgium 5 4 7 6 10900 Belize 94 56 140 7 330 Benin 410 250 690 1400 43 Bhutan 200 110 370 30 170 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 180 120 280 470 150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 5 16 3 9300 Botswana 190 84 380 91 180 Brazil 58 38 87 1800 860 Brunei Darussalam 21 13 34 2 2000 Bulgaria 13 11 15 9 5800 Burkina Faso 560 330 950 4000 28 Burundi 970 410 2300 2700 25 Cambodia 290 180 480 1100 110 Cameroon 600 360 960 4200 35 Canada 12 7 20 42 5600 Cape Verde 94 39 210 11 350 Central African Republic 850 490 1400 1300 27 Chad 1200 670 2100 5900 14 Chile 26 15 43 64 2000 China 38 23 60 6900 1500 Colombia 85 74 94 780 460 Comoros 340 140 780 72 71 Congo 580 330 1000 720 39 Cook Islands - - - - - Costa Rica 44 24 82 33 1100 Côte d'Ivoire 470 290 730 3400 44 Croatia 14 11 17 6 5200 Cuba 53 36 76 63 1400 Cyprus 10 4 23 <2 6600 Czech Republic 8 5 12 9 8500 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 250 84 690 810 230 Democratic Republic of the Congo 670 340 1300 19000 24 Denmark 5 5 6 3 10900 Djibouti 300 140 610 73 93 Dominica - - - - - Dominican Republic 100 62 170 240 320 Ecuador 140 81 230 380 270 Egypt 82 51 130 1600 380 El Salvador 110 71 170 140 350 Equatorial Guinea 280 130 630 70 73 Eritrea 280 160 510 520 72 Estonia 12 9 14 2 5300 Ethiopia 470 270 790 14000 40 Fiji 26 14 48 0 1300 Finland 8 7 8 4 7600 France 8 5 14 63 6600 Gabon 260 150 420 100 110 Gambia 400 190 910 250 49 Georgia 48 30 76 25 1300 Germany 7 6 8 49 11100 Ghana 350 210 600 2600 66 Greece 2 2 3 2 31800 Grenada - - - - - Guatemala 110 56 190 480 210 Guinea 680 390 1100 2700 26 Guinea-Bissau 1000 440 2300 650 18 Guyana 270 180 410 37 150 Haiti 300 180 520 820 93 Holy See - - - - - Honduras 110 71 180 230 240 Hungary 13 10 17 13 5500 Iceland 5 5 6 <2 9400 India 230 150 350 63000 140 Indonesia 240 140 380 10000 190 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 30 18 50 420 1500 Iraq 75 41 140 710 300 Ireland 3 2 3 2 17800 Israel 7 6 7 9 5100 Italy 5 4 6 26 15200 Jamaica 89 60 120 47 450 Japan 6 5 8 65 12200 Jordan 59 35 100 92 510 Kazakhstan 45 34 61 140 950 Kenya 530 320 850 7900 38 Kiribati - - - - - Kuwait 9 8 10 5 4500 Kyrgyzstan 81 50 130 97 450 Lao People's Democratic Republic 580 320 1000 980 49 Latvia 20 18 23 5 3600 Lebanon 26 14 48 17 2000 Lesotho 530 260 850 310 62 Liberia 990 520 1800 1400 20 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 64 26 140 94 540 Liechtenstein - - - - - Lithuania 13 11 16 4 5800 Luxembourg 17 15 19 <2 3800 Madagascar 440 270 700 3000 45 Malawi 510 300 760 3000 36 Malaysia 31 14 68 170 1200 Maldives 37 21 64 2 1200 Mali 830 520 1400 4500 22 Malta 8 7 9 <2 9200 Marshall Islands - - - - - Mauritania 550 300 980 590 41 Mauritius 36 30 41 7 1600 Mexico 85 74 95 1700 500 Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - - - Monaco - - - - - Mongolia 65 27 150 32 730 Montenegro 15 8 26 <2 4000 Morocco 110 63 190 720 360 Mozambique 550 310 870 4800 37 Myanmar 240 140 410 2400 180 Namibia 180 93 270 100 160 Nauru - - - - - Nepal 380 210 650 2800 80 Netherlands 9 7 10 16 7100 New Zealand 14 12 15 8 3800 Nicaragua 100 57 180 150 300 Niger 820 470 1400 6500 16 Nigeria 840 460 1500 50000 23 Niue - - - - - Norway 7 4 12 4 7600 Occupied Palestinian Territory - - - - - Oman 20 9 45 12 1600 Pakistan 260 140 490 14000 93 Palau - - - - - Panama 71 58 84 50 520 Papua New Guinea 250 110 560 530 94 Paraguay 95 57 150 150 310 Peru 98 62 160 600 370 Philippines 94 61 140 2100 320 Poland 6 2 13 21 13300 Portugal 7 5 10 8 9800 Qatar 8 4 19 <2 4400 Republic of Korea 18 16 20 81 4700 Republic of Moldova 32 28 35 14 2000 Romania 27 17 44 57 2700 Russian Federation 39 33 46 600 1900 Rwanda 540 320 910 2200 35 Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - - - Saint Lucia - - - - - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - - - Samoa - - - - - San Marino - - - - - Sao Tome and Principe - - - - - Saudi Arabia 24 13 45 140 1300 Senegal 410 240 680 1900 46 Serbia 8 7 9 9 7500 Seychelles - - - - - Sierra Leone 970 530 1800 2200 21 Singapore 9 8 10 3 10000 Slovakia 6 5 6 3 13300 Slovenia 18 15 20 3 4100 Solomon Islands 100 44 240 16 230 Somalia 1200 510 2800 4800 14 South Africa 410 240 610 4500 100 Spain 6 5 7 28 11400 Sri Lanka 39 26 57 140 1100 Sudan 750 420 1300 9700 32 Suriname 100 86 110 10 400 Swaziland 420 180 800 150 75 Sweden 5 3 8 5 11400 Switzerland 10 8 11 7 7600 Syrian Arab Republic 46 20 100 270 610 Tajikistan 64 29 140 120 430 Thailand 48 32 68 470 1200 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 9 6 14 2 7300 Timor-Leste 370 150 860 160 44 Togo 350 210 600 740 67 Tonga - - - - - Trinidad and Tobago 55 35 82 11 1100 Tunisia 60 32 110 98 860 Turkey 23 15 36 310 1900 Turkmenistan 77 33 190 85 500 Tuvalu - - - - - Uganda 430 240 670 6300 35 Ukraine 26 20 33 120 3000 United Arab Emirates 10 4 24 7 4200 United Kingdom 12 11 14 90 4700 United Republic of Tanzania 790 470 1300 14000 23 United States 24 20 27 1000 2100 Uruguay 27 22 33 14 1700 Uzbekistan 30 25 35 170 1400 Vanuatu - - - - - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68 59 75 400 540 Viet Nam 56 27 120 840 850 Yemen 210 110 400 1800 91 Zambia 470 250 680 2600 38 Zimbabwe 790 410 1200 3000 42 UNICEF Regions Maternal mortality ratio* (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) Range of uncertainty on MMR estimates Number of maternal deaths Lifetime risk of maternal death: 1 in: Lower Estimate Upper Estimate Lower estimates Upper estimates Africa 590 430 840 207000 36 Sub-Saharan Africa 640 470 920 204000 31 Eastern and Southern Africa 550 400 770 79000 38 West and Central Africa 720 490 1100 115000 26 Middle East and North Africa 170 120 270 17000 190 Asia 200 140 290 135000 210 South Asia 290 190 430 109000 110 East Asia and Pacific 88 61 130 27000 600 Latin America and the Caribbean 85 72 110 9200 480 CEE/CIS 34 29 41 1900 1700 Industrialized Countries 14 12 16 1600 4300 Developing countries 290 220 410 356000 120 Least developed countries 590 420 840 166000 37 World 260 200 370 358000 140

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