Inequities in Maternal mortality

Maternal Mortality

• Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is estimated under the total number of live borns in a region or country
• MMR is an indicator of development
• Unfair and unjust inequalities are considered INEQUITIES
• Attributable fraction is a way to measure the amount of inequity related with Maternal Mortality
• Maternal Mortality is an unfair and unjust inequality
• In the next slide we will see the relationship among MMR and Gross Deep Product adjusted per parity of Purchasing power (GDP-PPP) and Country Income Group.

Maternal Mortality inequity in the World, measured with attributable fraction

((Local Mortality-Lowest Mortality)/Local Mortality)

Maternal Mortality Ratio in the World Countries

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Source

Done by Javier Eslava-Schmalbach. Coordinates were obtained from: https://www.openstreetmap.org and https://www.google.com/maps; Databases were gotten from: https://data.unicef.org; http://api.worldbank.org; http://databank.worldbank.org; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/MDG5.svg/220px-MDG5.svg.png