Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2017
Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2017
This report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates .and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2017. Countries and territories included in the analyses are WHO Member States with populations over 100 000, plus two territories (Puerto Rico, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip). It also discusses the implications of the estimates .for future efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1, and underlines the importance of improved data quality for estimating maternal mortality.