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Proportion of maternal
deaths among deaths of
women of reproductive
age (PM): the number of
maternal deaths in a given
time period divided by the
total deaths among women
aged 15–49 years.
Approaches to measuring
maternal mortality
includes civil registration
system, household
surveys, census,
reproductive age mortality
studies (RAMOS) and
verbal autopsies.
rates reached very high
levels in maternity
institutions in the 1800s,
sometimes climbing to 40
percent of birthgiving
women (see Historical
mortality rates of
puerperal fever). At the
beginning of the 1900s,
maternal death rates were
around 1 in 100 for live
births. Currently, there are
an estimated 275,000
maternal deaths each year.
Public health,
technological and policy
approaches are steps that
can be taken to drastically
reduce the global maternal
death burden.
Prevention
Medical Technologies
The death rate for women
giving birth plummeted in
the 20th century. The
historical level of maternal
deaths is probably around
1 in 100 births. Mortality
The decline in maternal
deaths has been due
largely to improved
asepsis, fluid management
mortality ratio (MMR), or
the maternal mortality rate
(MMRate).
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