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Table 15.4 Maternal mortality<br />

Direct estimates of maternal mortality rates for the 7 years before the survey, by five-year age groups,<br />

<strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Age<br />

Percentage of<br />

female deaths<br />

that are maternal<br />

Maternal<br />

deaths 1<br />

Exposure<br />

years<br />

Maternal<br />

mortality rate 2<br />

15-19 14.5 13 54,045 0.25<br />

20-24 17.1 33 58,958 0.56<br />

25-29 22.2 52 53,284 0.97<br />

30-34 22.2 54 43,301 1.25<br />

35-39 13.5 26 29,705 0.88<br />

40-44 9.8 <strong>16</strong> 17,669 0.92<br />

45-49 2.6 3 10,312 0.25<br />

Total 15-49 <strong>16</strong>.2 198 267,273 0.71 a<br />

General fertility rate (GFR) 3<br />

<strong>16</strong>2 a<br />

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) 4 439 (CI: 348-531)<br />

Lifetime risk of maternal death 5 0.021<br />

CI: Confidence interval.<br />

1<br />

A maternal death is defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of<br />

pregnancy, from any cause except accidents or violence.<br />

2<br />

Expressed per 1,000 woman-years of exposure.<br />

3<br />

Age-adjusted rate expressed per 1,000 women age 15-49.<br />

4<br />

Expressed per 100,000 live births; calculated as the age-adjusted maternal mortality rate times 100<br />

divided by the age-adjusted general fertility rate.<br />

5<br />

Calculated as 1-(1-MMR) TFR where TFR represents the total fertility rate for the 7 years before the survey.<br />

a<br />

Age-adjusted rate.<br />

250 • Adult and Maternal Mortality

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