Maternal mortality in South Africa in 2001: From demographic census to epidemiological investigation

Table 1 Maternal mortality indicators estimated from the 2001 census (10% sample), South Africa

		95% confidence interval
Maternal mortality indicators	Value	Min	Max
Raw estimates
Maternal mortality ratio (MMR), per 100,000 live births	646	592	705
Maternal death rate (MDR), per 100,000 person-years lived	48.4	44.4	52.8
Life time risk of maternal mortality (MMQ) per 100,000 women at age 12	1681	1541	1833
After correcting for biases
Maternal mortality ratio (MMR), per 100,000 live births	542	497	591

Sources: Statistics South Africa. Ten Percent Sample of the 2001 Census. Pretoria, 2006. Minnesota Population Center. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series – International: Version 3.0. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, 2007.
Note: Correction for biases: see text for details

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