Category:Maternal mortality rates

"A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as 'the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes'.[1]. Maternal mortality rates, which are the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births,..." See: World Health Organization. International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, 10th revision (ICD–10). 2008 ed. Geneva, Switzerland. 2009.