How many pregnant women and mothers die in one year?

HOW MANY PREGNANT WOMEN AND Of these 342,917 deaths MOTHERS DIE IN ONE YEAR? OVER 342 63% 94% According to the World Health Organization, "A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." of deaths occurred of deaths occurred in 11 countries in 53 countries In 2008, WHO published an estimate of 342,917 maternal deaths for 183 countries. Each country's count is represented below. It should be noted that these numbers do not show risk. THOUSAND IN 2008 The 5th Millenium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015, as well as universal access to reproductive health by 2015. Are we on our way? ΚEY ONE THOUSAND DEATHS INDIA (68,310) NIGERIA (36,666) PAKISTAN (20,091) AFGHANISTAN (19,982) ETHIOPIA (18,240) DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO(15,399) BANGLADESH(11,603) INDONESIA (9,645) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (7,954) CHINA (7,279) ALL OTHER COUNTRIES (127,748) OECD COUNTRIES* (20,352) * There are currently 34 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. These 34 countries fall within 'all other countries." This infographic was created by Hannah Schreiner for the Maternal Health Task Force source: Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990-2008. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank source: World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ source: United Nations, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml HOW MANY PREGNANT WOMEN AND Of these 342,917 deaths MOTHERS DIE IN ONE YEAR? OVER 342 63% 94% According to the World Health Organization, "A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." of deaths occurred of deaths occurred in 11 countries in 53 countries In 2008, WHO published an estimate of 342,917 maternal deaths for 183 countries. Each country's count is represented below. It should be noted that these numbers do not show risk. THOUSAND IN 2008 The 5th Millenium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015, as well as universal access to reproductive health by 2015. Are we on our way? ΚEY ONE THOUSAND DEATHS INDIA (68,310) NIGERIA (36,666) PAKISTAN (20,091) AFGHANISTAN (19,982) ETHIOPIA (18,240) DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO(15,399) BANGLADESH(11,603) INDONESIA (9,645) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (7,954) CHINA (7,279) ALL OTHER COUNTRIES (127,748) OECD COUNTRIES* (20,352) * There are currently 34 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. These 34 countries fall within 'all other countries." This infographic was created by Hannah Schreiner for the Maternal Health Task Force source: Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990-2008. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank source: World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ source: United Nations, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml HOW MANY PREGNANT WOMEN AND Of these 342,917 deaths MOTHERS DIE IN ONE YEAR? OVER 342 63% 94% According to the World Health Organization, "A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." of deaths occurred of deaths occurred in 11 countries in 53 countries In 2008, WHO published an estimate of 342,917 maternal deaths for 183 countries. Each country's count is represented below. It should be noted that these numbers do not show risk. THOUSAND IN 2008 The 5th Millenium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015, as well as universal access to reproductive health by 2015. Are we on our way? ΚEY ONE THOUSAND DEATHS INDIA (68,310) NIGERIA (36,666) PAKISTAN (20,091) AFGHANISTAN (19,982) ETHIOPIA (18,240) DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO(15,399) BANGLADESH(11,603) INDONESIA (9,645) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (7,954) CHINA (7,279) ALL OTHER COUNTRIES (127,748) OECD COUNTRIES* (20,352) * There are currently 34 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. These 34 countries fall within 'all other countries." This infographic was created by Hannah Schreiner for the Maternal Health Task Force source: Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990-2008. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank source: World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ source: United Nations, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml HOW MANY PREGNANT WOMEN AND Of these 342,917 deaths MOTHERS DIE IN ONE YEAR? OVER 342 63% 94% According to the World Health Organization, "A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." of deaths occurred of deaths occurred in 11 countries in 53 countries In 2008, WHO published an estimate of 342,917 maternal deaths for 183 countries. Each country's count is represented below. It should be noted that these numbers do not show risk. THOUSAND IN 2008 The 5th Millenium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015, as well as universal access to reproductive health by 2015. Are we on our way? ΚEY ONE THOUSAND DEATHS INDIA (68,310) NIGERIA (36,666) PAKISTAN (20,091) AFGHANISTAN (19,982) ETHIOPIA (18,240) DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO(15,399) BANGLADESH(11,603) INDONESIA (9,645) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (7,954) CHINA (7,279) ALL OTHER COUNTRIES (127,748) OECD COUNTRIES* (20,352) * There are currently 34 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. These 34 countries fall within 'all other countries." This infographic was created by Hannah Schreiner for the Maternal Health Task Force source: Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990-2008. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank source: World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ source: United Nations, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml HOW MANY PREGNANT WOMEN AND Of these 342,917 deaths MOTHERS DIE IN ONE YEAR? OVER 342 63% 94% According to the World Health Organization, "A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." of deaths occurred of deaths occurred in 11 countries in 53 countries In 2008, WHO published an estimate of 342,917 maternal deaths for 183 countries. Each country's count is represented below. It should be noted that these numbers do not show risk. THOUSAND IN 2008 The 5th Millenium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015, as well as universal access to reproductive health by 2015. Are we on our way? ΚEY ONE THOUSAND DEATHS INDIA (68,310) NIGERIA (36,666) PAKISTAN (20,091) AFGHANISTAN (19,982) ETHIOPIA (18,240) DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO(15,399) BANGLADESH(11,603) INDONESIA (9,645) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (7,954) CHINA (7,279) ALL OTHER COUNTRIES (127,748) OECD COUNTRIES* (20,352) * There are currently 34 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. These 34 countries fall within 'all other countries." This infographic was created by Hannah Schreiner for the Maternal Health Task Force source: Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990-2008. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank source: World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ source: United Nations, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml HOW MANY PREGNANT WOMEN AND Of these 342,917 deaths MOTHERS DIE IN ONE YEAR? OVER 342 63% 94% According to the World Health Organization, "A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." of deaths occurred of deaths occurred in 11 countries in 53 countries In 2008, WHO published an estimate of 342,917 maternal deaths for 183 countries. Each country's count is represented below. It should be noted that these numbers do not show risk. THOUSAND IN 2008 The 5th Millenium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015, as well as universal access to reproductive health by 2015. Are we on our way? ΚEY ONE THOUSAND DEATHS INDIA (68,310) NIGERIA (36,666) PAKISTAN (20,091) AFGHANISTAN (19,982) ETHIOPIA (18,240) DEMOCRATICREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO(15,399) BANGLADESH(11,603) INDONESIA (9,645) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (7,954) CHINA (7,279) ALL OTHER COUNTRIES (127,748) OECD COUNTRIES* (20,352) * There are currently 34 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. These 34 countries fall within 'all other countries." This infographic was created by Hannah Schreiner for the Maternal Health Task Force source: Trends in Maternal Mortality 1990-2008. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank source: World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ source: United Nations, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/maternal.shtml