Maternal mortality in 2000
Subtitle: estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA.
Contributors: Abou Zahr, Carla.; Wardlaw, Tessa M.; World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research.; United Nations Population Fund.; UNICEF.
Publisher: Dept. of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Mothers -- Mortality.; Mothers -- Mortality -- Statistics.; Pregnant women -- Mortality.; Pregnant women -- Mortality -- Statistics.; Childbirth.; Maternal Mortality -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: This document presents estimates of maternal mortality by country and region for the year 2000. It describes the background, rationale and history of estimates of maternal mortality and the methodology used in 2000 compared with the approaches used in previous exercises in 1990 and 1995.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).
Prepared by Carla Abou Zahr and Tessa Wardlaw.
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