The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 weeks of termination of pregnancy
from any cause related to/aggravated by the pregnancy or its management.
MMR = annual number of these deaths/100,000 live births.
Globally 830 women die per day – 99% in LIDCs and over half in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sierra
Leone highest rate of 1360.
Also, variations within countries (low income and rural are vulnerable).
