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Table 1. National and sub-national maternal mortality ratios, Nepal.

	Maternal mortality ratio
Area	1993^a	2003^a	Difference(95% Confidence interval)
All^*	539	281	258 (91,507)
Rural	513	284	228 (−8,465)
Hill	408	287	121 (−180,423)
Terai (plains)^*	645	284	361 (36,686)

Data source: Nepal demographic and health surveys 1996 and 2006.

Timing of the estimates is 3.5 years prior to the dates of the surveys.

*Denotes statistical significance of difference at less than 5%.