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. 2020 Dec 1;9(1):e24–e32. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30397-1

Table 3.

Projected absolute numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths, and of deaths averted, in 2035, by country HDI group

Scenario 0: no change; deaths (thousands) Scenario 1: modestscale-up
Scenario 2: substantial scale-up
Scenario 3: universal coverage Scenario 4: attrition
Deaths (thousands) Deaths averted (thousands) Deaths (thousands) Deaths averted (thousands) Deaths (thousands) Deaths averted (thousands) Deaths (thousands) Deaths averted (thousands)
Group A: low HDI
Maternal deaths 168 134 34 103 65 50 118 178 −11
Stillbirths 943 817 126 684 259 269 674 988 −45
Neonatal deaths 982 778 204 604 378 280 702 1050 −68
Group B: low-to-medium HDI
Maternal deaths 220 168 52 126 95 72 148 239 −19
Stillbirths 1863 1597 266 1363 501 638 1225 1981 −118
Neonatal deaths 1757 1324 433 1030 727 647 1110 1920 −164
Group C: medium-to-high HDI
Maternal deaths 28 21 7 17 10 14 14 33 −5
Stillbirths 413 357 56 321 92 219 194 472 −60
Neonatal deaths 364 283 81 247 116 203 161 427 −63
All 88 countries
Maternal deaths 416 323 93 246 170 136 280 450 −34
Stillbirths 3219 2771 448 2368 852 1126 2093 3441 −222
Neonatal deaths 3102 2385 718 1881 1221 1130 1972 3397 −295

HDI=Human Development Index. Modest scale-up assumes a 10% increase in coverage every 5 years; substantial scale-up assumes a 25% increase in coverage every 5 years; universal coverage assumes 95% coverage of all interventions by 2035; and attrition assumes a 2% decrease in coverage every 5 years.