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• The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) during the 7-year period before the <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong> MDHS is estimated<br />

as 439 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. For every 1,000 live births in <strong>Malawi</strong> during the 7<br />

years before <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong>, between 4 and 5 women died during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days<br />

after childbirth.<br />

15.4 TRENDS IN PREGNANCY-RELATED MORTALITY<br />

In accordance with the WHO definition 1 , a maternal-related death is defined as the death of a woman while<br />

pregnant or during delivery, or in the 42 days after the delivery or within 42 days of termination of<br />

pregnancy, if the death is not due to accident or violence. However, the term maternal mortality used in<br />

previous MDHS corresponds to pregnancy-related mortality. The WHO defines a pregnancy-related death<br />

as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the<br />

cause of death (http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indmaternalmortality/en/). In keeping with this<br />

definition, the sibling survival module used in the DHS surveys measures only the timing of death and not<br />

the cause of death. Moreover, the data collected in previous MDHS surveys refer to deaths within 2<br />

months after a birth rather than 42 days after a birth. Thus, current estimates of maternal mortality are not<br />

comparable to estimates from previous MDHS surveys in which only pregnancy-related mortality could be<br />

estimated. To assess the trends over time, pregnancy-related mortality was calculated for the <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

MDHS in the same way that it was calculated in previous MDHS surveys.<br />

The results in Figure 15.2 present<br />

estimates of pregnancy-related<br />

mortality ratio (PRMR) with<br />

confidence intervals for current and<br />

previous MDHS surveys. Estimates<br />

from MDHS surveys indicate that a<br />

steady decline in pregnancy-related<br />

mortality ratio in <strong>Malawi</strong> since<br />

2000, from 1,123 deaths per<br />

100,000 live births in the 7 years<br />

before the 2000 MDHS survey to<br />

675 deaths per 100,000 live births<br />

in the 7 years before the 2010<br />

MDHS survey, before reaching 497<br />

deaths per 100,000 live births in the<br />

7 years before the <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong> MDHS survey.<br />

LIST OF TABLES<br />

1400<br />

1200<br />

1000<br />

For more information on adult and maternal mortality, see the following tables:<br />

• Table 15.1 Completeness of information on siblings<br />

• Table 15.2 Adult mortality rates<br />

• Table 15.3 Adult mortality probabilities<br />

• Table 15.4 Maternal mortality<br />

Figure 15.2 Trends in pregnancy-related mortality<br />

ratio (PRMR) with confidence intervals<br />

800<br />

600<br />

400<br />

200<br />

0<br />

Pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births in<br />

the 7-year period before the survey<br />

615<br />

1123<br />

984<br />

675<br />

1992 2000 2004 2010 <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

497<br />

1<br />

http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indmaternalmortality/en/<br />

248 • Adult and Maternal Mortality

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