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Maternal mortality Rate - 2000 to 2020
February 28 , 2023
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- India recorded the second highest number of maternal deaths in 2020.
- It was coming second at 24,000 to only Nigeria which saw 82,000 maternal deaths in the pandemic year.
- However, there has been an overall reduction of 73.5 per cent in maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in India.
- In 2020, India’s MMR stood at 103, a vast improvement from 384 at the turn of the century.
- Other developing countries like Argentina (45 MMR in 2020), Bhutan (60), Brazil (72), Kyrgyzstan (50) and Philippines (78) have performed better than India.
- Globally, there were an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths in 2020.
- Maternal deaths remained concentrated in poor countries and conflict zones, with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 70 per cent of all maternal deaths in 2020.
- Moreover, countries rife with conflict recorded a MMR of 551, compared to the world average of 223.
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