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Table 5 Comparison of estimates of maternal mortality ratios from the 2002 post-census mortality survey, 2003 demographic and health survey for Bolivia

From: A comparison of approaches to measuring maternal mortality in Bangladesh, Mozambique, and Bolivia

Year

Estimate

(per 100,000 live births)

Measure

Source

1998‒2003

229

Maternal mortality ratio

Bolivia DHS 2003 (Sisterhood method)

2000

266

Maternal mortality ratio

Post-census maternal mortality survey (Generalized Growth Balance and Brass methods)

  1. Source: Sardán et al. [29], Hakkert [15]