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East Asia and Pacific Compared by People > Maternal mortality rate

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DEFINITION: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Laos 470 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
2 East Timor 300 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
3 Cambodia 250 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
4 Papua New Guinea 230 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
5 Indonesia 220 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
6 Burma 200 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
=7 Vanuatu 110 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
=7 Tonga 110 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
=9 Samoa 100 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
=9 Federated States of Micronesia 100 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
11 Philippines 99 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
12 Solomon Islands 93 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
13 North Korea 81 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
14 Mongolia 63 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
15 Vietnam 59 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
16 Thailand 48 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
17 China 37 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
18 Malaysia 29 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
19 Fiji 26 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
20 Brunei 24 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
21 South Korea 16 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
22 New Zealand 15 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
23 Kiribati 9 deaths/100,000 live births 2008
24 Australia 7 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
25 Japan 5 deaths/100,000 live births 2010
26 Singapore 3 deaths/100,000 live births 2010

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