Table 1. Global distribution in incidence, causes and timming of maternal mortality by MMR (2017).1,2.
The reported late maternal deaths represented 21.9% of total maternal mortality in Chile, compated to 0.08% in Iceland.
| Country | Number of maternal deaths (2017) | MMR (2017) | Top mortality disorder | Maternal hypertensive disorders(% total maternal deaths) | Indirect maternal deaths(% total maternal deaths) | Late maternal deaths(% total maternal deaths) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globally | 193,639 | 140 | Other maternal disorders | 15.17 | 17.61 | 1.74 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | Other maternal disorders | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.08 |
| Sweden | 4 | 3 | Other maternal disorders | 7.25 | 2.50 | 7.50 |
| Italy | 17 | 4 | Other maternal disorders | 7.82 | 1.29 | 1.65 |
| Spain | 20 | 5 | Other maternal disorders | 11.40 | 1.20 | 1.50 |
| Poland | 16 | 5 | Other maternal disorders | 6.31 | 0.88 | 6.50 |
| Australia | 15 | 5 | Other maternal disorders | 5.07 | 1.53 | 9.07 |
| Japan | 46 | 5 | Other maternal disorders | 7.87 | 9.93 | 3.50 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 6 | Other maternal disorders | 11.09 | 2.36 | 2.91 |
| Croatia | 2 | 6 | Other maternal disorders | 5.50 | 7.00 | 8.00 |
| France | 52 | 7 | Other maternal disorders | 11.27 | 9.54 | 2.54 |
| United Kingdom | 62 | 8 | Other maternal disorders | 9.11 | 14.56 | 6.27 |
| Portugal | 7 | 8 | Other maternal disorders | 11.14 | 4.29 | 0.86 |
| Canada | 31 | 8 | Other maternal disorders | 6.10 | 12.26 | 16.94 |
| South Korea | 42 | 10 | Other maternal disorders | 10.24 | 6.98 | 2.29 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 11 | Other maternal disorders | 1.33 | 37.00 | 12.17 |
| Latvia | 3 | 14 | Other maternal disorders | 1.67 | 1.67 | 5.33 |
| China | 2241 | 14 | Other maternal disorders | 14.80 | 6.80 | 0.98 |
| Vietnam | 213 | 14 | Maternal hemorrhage | 14.63 | 13.50 | 2.77 |
| Russia | 250 | 15 | Other maternal disorders | 11.33 | 12.35 | 2.08 |
| Kazakhstan | 53 | 15 | Other maternal disorders | 8.32 | 6.53 | 7.66 |
| Chile | 56 | 23 | Late maternal death | 17.27 | 19.84 | 21.91 |
| Iran | 298 | 23 | Indirect maternal disease | 10.58 | 33.20 | 9.95 |
| United States | 1171 | 30 | Other maternal disorders | 10.12 | 15.65 | 17.12 |
| Mexico | 1120 | 44 | Maternal hemorrhage | 23.45 | 19.17 | 7.22 |
| Cuba | 53 | 48 | Indirect maternal disease | 7.09 | 21.43 | 17.06 |
| Colombia | 427 | 50 | Indirect maternal disease | 23.16 | 24.17 | 11.71 |
| Egypt | 1316 | 62 | Other maternal disorders | 15.76 | 19.68 | 3.67 |
| Brazil | 2,054 | 68 | Maternal hypertensive disorders | 20.93 | 18.23 | 6.23 |
| Venezuela | 395 | 69 | Maternal hemorrhage | 26.26 | 22.81 | 2.83 |
| Dominican Republic | 237 | 109 | Hypertensive disorders | 26.21 | 17.34 | 9.92 |
| South Africa | 1191 | 109 | Indirect maternal disease | 15.44 | 35.03 | 1.89 |
| Uganda | 1753 | 113 | Indirect maternal disease | 15.22 | 22.27 | 0.72 |
| India | 39,428 | 160 | Other maternal disorders | 11.50 | 13.16 | 1.78 |
| Indonesia | 6627 | 165 | Maternal hemorrhage | 26.69 | 2.19 | 1.41 |
| Ethiopia | 7451 | 201 | Maternal hemorrhage | 15.56 | 17.38 | 0.73 |
| Mozambique | 2090 | 212 | Indirect maternal disease | 15.07 | 25.13 | 5.29 |
| Burkina Faso | 1863 | 219 | Indirect maternal disease | 12.40 | 28.46 | 0.74 |
| Nigeria | 17982 | 231 | Maternal hemorrhage | 5.22 | 16.79 | 1.68 |
| Tanzania | 4916 | 247 | Maternal hypertensive disorders | 24.61 | 21.65 | 0.79 |
| Mali | 2559 | 291 | Indirect maternal disease | 6.63 | 31.18 | 1.23 |
| Niger | 2930 | 291 | Maternal sepsis and other maternal infections | 2.00 | 26.25 | 0.87 |
| Kenya | 3990 | 292 | Indirect maternal disease | 15.70 | 23.88 | 1.19 |
| Afghanistan | 4095 | 301 | Indirect maternal disease | 9.11 | 38.79 | 0.66 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 2631 | 305 | Indirect maternal disease | 9.47 | 28.27 | 0.67 |
| South Sudan | 1410 | 344 | Maternal hemorrhage | 5.95 | 8.82 | 0.62 |
| Somalia | 2363 | 344 | Maternal hemorrhage | 9.10 | 16.98 | 0.56 |
| Democratic republic of Congo | 10166 | 349 | Indirect maternal disease | 10.99 | 26.59 | 0.68 |
| Chad | 2745 | 383 | Maternal hemorrhage | 6.29 | 14.41 | 0.78 |
| Congo | 522 | 398 | Indirect maternal disease | 11.60 | 26.63 | 0.80 |
| Guinea | 1916 | 451 | Maternal hemorrhage | 8.35 | 25.25 | 0.82 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1532 | 496 | Indirect maternal disease | 8.86 | 34.92 | 0.59 |