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Dimension Society and Culture
Sub-Dimension Education, Health and Culture

Category Health
KPI Name Maternal Mortality Rate
KPI No. SC: EH: H: 2C Type: Core Type: Structural

Definition / Maternal deaths per 100 000 live births
Description

Rationale / “Maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of
Interpretation / termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy,
Benchmarking from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but
not from accidental or incidental causes. To facilitate the identification of maternal
deaths in circumstances in which cause of death attribution is inadequate,
the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 introduced an additional
category: Pregnancy-related death. This is defined as the death of a woman while
pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause
of death.” (WHO, 2006).
A declining trend and lower values are considered positive.
Source(s) NOTE 1 – WHO. Statistics. Retrieved from <http:// www .who .int/ whosis/ who
stat2006De finitionsA ndMetadata .pdf>
NOTE 2 – The WHO Application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth
and the puerperium: ICD-MM. Retrieved from <http:// apps .who .int/ iris/ bitstream/
10665/ 70929/ 1/ 9789241548458 _eng .pdf>
Methodology Calculate as:

Numerator: Number of maternal deaths in a year.
Denominator: Number of live births in a year.
Divide result by 100 000.
Unit Number / 100 000 live births.

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