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<title>Our World in Data - Maternal Mortality</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-04-30T05:45:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Teenage pregnancy rates have fallen across the world</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/teenage-pregnancy-rates-have-fallen-across-the-world</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/teenage-pregnancy-rates-have-fallen-across-the-world"/>
    <published>2026-04-30T05:45:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Pablo Arriagada</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/teenage-pregnancy-rates-have-fallen-across-the-world"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/0da24bd8-def9-4d61-7a78-6f8cc7063300/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Explore updated data on health, disease, and mortality around the world</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-health-disease-and-mortality-around-the-world</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-health-disease-and-mortality-around-the-world"/>
    <published>2026-02-27T11:59:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We recently updated our charts with the latest release of the Global Burden of Disease study.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-health-disease-and-mortality-around-the-world"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/default-featured-image.png"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Maternal deaths have more than halved in the last forty years</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/maternal-deaths-have-halved-in-the-last-35-years</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/maternal-deaths-have-halved-in-the-last-35-years"/>
    <published>2025-10-29T07:01:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/maternal-deaths-have-halved-in-the-last-35-years"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/173e2024-0339-4fe6-8c00-38c83ddfba00/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Global maternal mortality rates have fallen by almost 60% since 1985</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-maternal-mortality-rates-have-fallen-by-almost-60-since-1985</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-maternal-mortality-rates-have-fallen-by-almost-60-since-1985"/>
    <published>2025-09-10T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-maternal-mortality-rates-have-fallen-by-almost-60-since-1985"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6f7bbda9-209e-4c5f-8c5d-e506c958c200/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Sierra Leone has reduced maternal death rates by almost 75% since 2000</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/sierra-leone-has-reduced-maternal-death-rates-by-almost-75-since-2000</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/sierra-leone-has-reduced-maternal-death-rates-by-almost-75-since-2000"/>
    <published>2025-03-12T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/sierra-leone-has-reduced-maternal-death-rates-by-almost-75-since-2000"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/4f01c9c4-f3d9-4979-9747-1970bbfc0200/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>If we can make maternal deaths as rare as in the healthiest countries, we can save 275,000 mothers each year</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-deaths-save-mothers</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-deaths-save-mothers"/>
    <published>2025-02-03T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Maternal mortality was much more common in the past. It is much lower today, but global inequalities are still large.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-deaths-save-mothers"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/1a2ccaa1-7f25-4250-6151-acd5affb0400/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Less than half of births are attended by skilled health staff in some of the poorest countries</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/less-than-half-of-births-are-attended-by-skilled-health-staff-in-some-of-the-poorest-countries</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/less-than-half-of-births-are-attended-by-skilled-health-staff-in-some-of-the-poorest-countries"/>
    <published>2024-09-17T05:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/less-than-half-of-births-are-attended-by-skilled-health-staff-in-some-of-the-poorest-countries"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/814f298c-a68e-4311-b456-f96b4c053200/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement</id>
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    <published>2024-05-13T08:03:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Maternal mortality rates appear to have risen in the last 20 years in the US. But this reflects a change in measurement rather than an actual rise in mortality.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/8944e1f0-7055-4dff-c5aa-a22f22ece500/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Exemplars in Global Health: Which countries are most successful in preventing maternal deaths?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/exemplars-maternal-mortality</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/exemplars-maternal-mortality"/>
    <published>2020-08-31T10:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[830 women die from pregnancy-related causes on any given day. How can we use the Exemplar framework to learn how we can reduce these deaths?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/exemplars-maternal-mortality"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/22958e27-036c-405e-19f9-11786d6b7300/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
    <title>Maternal Mortality</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-mortality</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-mortality"/>
    <published>2013-11-12T15:21:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What could be more tragic than a mother losing her life in the moment that she is giving birth to her newborn? Why are mothers dying and what can be done to prevent these deaths?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/maternal-mortality"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6fc58bd5-5b1e-4460-c9e7-9132c72dae00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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