Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008
Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank – September 2010
ISBN: 978 92 4 150026 5
Available online PDF [55p.] at: http://bit.ly/9BOg95
“…..Millennium development goal (MDG) 5 Target 5A calls for the reduction of maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. It has been a challenge to assess the extent of progress due to the lack of reliable and accurate maternal mortality data – particularly in developing-country settings where maternal mortality is high. As part on going efforts, the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank revised and improved earlier methods to estimate maternal mortality in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2008; and developed methodology to present trends in maternal mortality from 1990 to 2008 at country, regional, and global levels.
This report highlights the following.
· Ten out of 87 countries with maternal mortality ratios over 100 in 1990, are on track with an annual decline of 5.5% between 1990 and 2008. At the other extreme, 30 made insufficient or no progress since 1990.
· The study shows progress in sub-Saharan
· In
Methods
Files and programmes [zip 2.19Mb] Data and programmes (R and STATA) used for computing the maternal mortality estimates
Content:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. MEASURING MATERNAL MORTALITY
2.1 Concepts and definitions
2.2 Measures of maternal mortality
2.3 Approaches for measuring maternal mortality
3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2008 ESTIMATES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY
3.1 Sources of country data used for the 2008 estimates
3.2 Methods used to estimate MMR in 2008 according to data source
3.3 Calculation of adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality
3.4 Global and regional estimates
3.5 Differences in the 2008 methodology compared with
3.6 Differences from other recent estimates 1
4. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF 2008 ESTIMATES
5. IS THE FIFTH MDG ACHIEVABLE?
ANNEXES
Annex 1. Estimates of maternal mortality ratio (MMR, deaths per 100 000 live births), number of maternal deaths and lifetime risk (2008) 23
Annex 2. Map with countries by category according to their maternal mortality ratio (MMR, deaths per 100 000 live births), 2008 27
Annex 3. Comparison of 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2008 estimates of maternal mortality ratio (MMR, deaths per 100 000 live births) by country 28
Annex 4. Countries with 40% or more decrease in maternal mortality ratio (MMR, deaths per 100 000 live births) between 1990 and 2008 33
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