Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Fertility > Lifetime risk of maternal death > 1 in: rate varies by country
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DEFINITION:
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country). 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 | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 1,000 | 2010 | ||
| 2 | Cape Verde | 480 | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 330 | 2010 | ||
| 4 | Botswana | 220 | 2010 | ||
| 5 | Namibia | 160 | 2010 | ||
| =6 | South Africa | 140 | 2010 | ||
| =6 | Djibouti | 140 | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Gabon | 130 | 2010 | ||
| 9 | Swaziland | 95 | 2010 | ||
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 88 | 2010 | ||
| 11 | Eritrea | 86 | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Madagascar | 81 | 2010 | ||
| 13 | Togo | 80 | 2010 | ||
| 14 | Ghana | 68 | 2010 | ||
| =15 | Ethiopia | 67 | 2010 | ||
| =15 | Comoros | 67 | 2010 | ||
| 17 | The Gambia | 56 | 2010 | ||
| =18 | Burkina Faso | 55 | 2010 | ||
| =18 | Kenya | 55 | 2010 | ||
| =20 | Rwanda | 54 | 2010 | ||
| =20 | Senegal | 54 | 2010 | ||
| =22 | Lesotho | 53 | 2010 | ||
| =22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 53 | 2010 | ||
| =22 | Benin | 53 | 2010 | ||
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 52 | 2010 | ||
| 26 | Uganda | 49 | 2010 | ||
| 27 | Mauritania | 44 | 2010 | ||
| 28 | Mozambique | 43 | 2010 | ||
| =29 | Republic of the Congo | 39 | 2010 | ||
| =29 | Angola | 39 | 2010 | ||
| 31 | Tanzania | 38 | 2010 | ||
| 32 | Zambia | 37 | 2010 | ||
| 33 | Malawi | 36 | 2010 | ||
| =34 | Cameroon | 31 | 2010 | ||
| =34 | Sudan | 31 | 2010 | ||
| =34 | Burundi | 31 | 2010 | ||
| =37 | Guinea | 30 | 2010 | ||
| =37 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30 | 2010 | ||
| 39 | Nigeria | 29 | 2010 | ||
| 40 | Mali | 28 | 2010 | ||
| 41 | Central African Republic | 26 | 2010 | ||
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 25 | 2010 | ||
| 43 | Liberia | 24 | 2010 | ||
| =44 | Sierra Leone | 23 | 2010 | ||
| =44 | Niger | 23 | 2010 | ||
| 46 | Somalia | 16 | 2010 | ||
| 47 | Chad | 15 | 2010 |