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DEFINITION:
Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death. ".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 1,600 | 2008 | |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 350 | 2008 | |
| 3 | Botswana | 180 | 2008 | |
| 4 | Namibia | 160 | 2008 | |
| 5 | Gabon | 110 | 2008 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 100 | 2008 | |
| 7 | Djibouti | 93 | 2008 | |
| 8 | Swaziland | 75 | 2008 | |
| 9 | Equatorial Guinea | 73 | 2008 | |
| 10 | Eritrea | 72 | 2008 | |
| 11 | Comoros | 71 | 2008 | |
| 12 | Togo | 67 | 2008 | |
| 13 | Ghana | 66 | 2008 | |
| 14 | Lesotho | 62 | 2008 | |
| 15 | The Gambia | 49 | 2008 | |
| 16 | Senegal | 46 | 2008 | |
| 17 | Madagascar | 45 | 2008 | |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44 | 2008 | |
| 19 | Benin | 43 | 2008 | |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 42 | 2008 | |
| 21 | Mauritania | 41 | 2008 | |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 40 | 2008 | |
| =23 | Kenya | 38 | 2008 | |
| =23 | Zambia | 38 | 2008 | |
| 25 | Mozambique | 37 | 2008 | |
| 26 | Malawi | 36 | 2008 | |
| =27 | Cameroon | 35 | 2008 | |
| =27 | Rwanda | 35 | 2008 | |
| =27 | Uganda | 35 | 2008 | |
| 30 | Sudan | 32 | 2008 | |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 28 | 2008 | |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 27 | 2008 | |
| 33 | Guinea | 26 | 2008 | |
| 34 | Burundi | 25 | 2008 | |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24 | 2008 | |
| =36 | Tanzania | 23 | 2008 | |
| =36 | Nigeria | 23 | 2008 | |
| 38 | Mali | 22 | 2008 | |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 21 | 2008 | |
| 40 | Liberia | 20 | 2008 | |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 18 | 2008 | |
| 42 | Niger | 16 | 2008 | |
| =43 | Somalia | 14 | 2008 | |
| =43 | Chad | 14 | 2008 |