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MDG Report 2012 - United Nations in Bangladesh

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MMR per 100,000 live births6.1 IntroductionAccord<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Maternal Mortality Survey 2010 (NIPORT 2011), maternalmortality decl<strong>in</strong>ed from 322 <strong>in</strong> 2001 to 194 <strong>in</strong> 2010, show<strong>in</strong>g a 40 percent decl<strong>in</strong>e whichgives an average rate of decl<strong>in</strong>e of about 3.3 percent per year. The overall proportion of birthsattended by skilled health personnel <strong>in</strong>creased by more than six-folds <strong>in</strong> the last two decades,from 5.0 percent <strong>in</strong> 1991 to 31.7 percent <strong>in</strong> 2011.6.2 Progress of achievements <strong>in</strong> different targets and <strong>in</strong>dicatorsTarget 5.A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratioIndicator 5.1: Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is a very important mortality <strong>in</strong>dex of mothers who areexposed to the risk of death dur<strong>in</strong>g child birth. It is generally expressed as the ratio ofmaternal death <strong>in</strong> a period to live birth dur<strong>in</strong>g the same period expressed per 100,000 livebirths. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the first <strong>MDG</strong> Progress <strong>Report</strong> published <strong>in</strong> 2005, the MMR <strong>in</strong> 1990 was574 per 100,000 live births <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong>. However, accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>Bangladesh</strong> MaternalMortality Survey (BMMS) 2010 (NIPORT 2011), maternal mortality decl<strong>in</strong>ed from 322 <strong>in</strong>2001 to 194 <strong>in</strong> 2010, a decl<strong>in</strong>e of about 40 percent. The average rate of decl<strong>in</strong>e was about 3.3percent per year, compared with the average annual rate of reduction of 3.0 percent requiredfor achiev<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>MDG</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2015. The BMMS 2001 and 2010 show that the overall mortalityrate among women <strong>in</strong> the reproductive age has consistently decl<strong>in</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g this period.Cancers (21 percent), cardio-vascular diseases (16 percent) and maternal causes (14 percent)are responsible for more than half of all deaths among <strong>Bangladesh</strong>i women <strong>in</strong> thereproductive age.Figure 6.1: Trend of MMR <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong>, 1990-2010Maternal Mortality Ratio of <strong>Bangladesh</strong>70060050040030057420010032219401990 2001 2010Source: BMMS 2001, 2010YearsThe decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> MMR has been ma<strong>in</strong>ly due to reductions <strong>in</strong> direct obstetric deaths. Mortalitydue to <strong>in</strong>direct obstetric causes have somewhat <strong>in</strong>creased. Maternal mortality dur<strong>in</strong>g62

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