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DEFINITION:
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | South Sudan | 2,054 deaths/100,000 live births | 2006 | ||
2 | Chad | 1,100 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
3 | Somalia | 1,000 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
4 | Central African Republic | 890 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
5 | Guinea-Bissau | 790 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
6 | Sudan | 730 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
7 | Nigeria | 630 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
8 | Guinea | 610 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
9 | Zimbabwe | 570 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 540 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
11 | Afghanistan | 460 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 400 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
13 | Haiti | 350 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
14 | Pakistan | 260 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
15 | Yemen | 200 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 | ||
16 | Iraq | 63 deaths/100,000 live births | 2010 |