Table 3.

Trends in United Nations estimates of maternal mortality ratios (MMR), neonatal mortality rates (NMR) and stillbirth rates (SBR), during the MDG era: 1990–2015

Region	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	% change 1990–2015
MMR*
World	385	369	341	288	246	216	44
Developed regions	23	22	17	15	13	12	48
Developing regions	430	409	377	319	273	239	44
NMR
World†	37	34	31	26	22	19	49
Developed regions‡	8	NA	NA	NA	NA	3	58
Developing regions‡	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	21	47
SBR§							% change 2000–2015
World	NA	NA	24.7	NA	NA	18.4	25.5
Developed regions	NA	NA	4.5	NA	NA	3.4	24.4
Sub-Saharan Africa	NA	NA	35.6	NA	NA	28.7	19.4

^*WHO 2015 [20] by UN MDG region.

^†UNIGME 2018 [51] by SDG region.

^‡UNIGME 2015 [27] by MDG region (only available for 1990 and 2015).

^§Blencowe.