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Reduce maternal mortality ratio by
50%
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Trend
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No change – 515,000 women die every year as a result
of pregnancy and childbirth
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1990
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NA
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2000
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400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
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2010 goal
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33% Reduction
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Comments
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There has been a small increase in the percentage
of births that are attended by sk lled personnel in
some 53 countries where maternal mortality s generally
less severe.But,other than this limited change in
a s ngle proxy measure,no other changes n global maternal
mortality ratios have been shown.
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Risking death to give life
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Region
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Lifetime chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth*
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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1 in 13
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South Asia
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1 in 54
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Middle East/North Africa
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1 in 55
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Latin America/Caribbean
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1 in 157
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East Asia/Pacific
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1 in 283
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CEE/CIS and Baltic States
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1 in 797
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Least developed countries
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1 in 16 |
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Developing countries
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1 in 61 |
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* Affected not only by maternal mortality
rates but also by the number of births per woman.
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Industrialized countries
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1 in 4,085 |
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World
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1 in 75 |
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Sources: United Nations, Report of the Secretary-General,
‘We the Children: End-decade review of the follow-up to the
World Summit for Children’, A/S-27/3, United Nations, New
York, 4 May 2001; United Nations, Preparatory Committee for the
Special Session of the General Assembly on Children,‘A world
fit for children’, Revised draft outcome document A/AC-256/
CRP.6/Rev. 3, United Nations, New York, June 2001.
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