Key result
Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 70% of global maternal mortality in 2020, with a maternal mortality ratio of 545 deaths per 100,000 live births.
Why the study?
Maternal and neonatal outcomes in low- and middle-income countries remain poor despite gradual improvement, with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 70% of global maternal mortality in 2020.
Highlights the persistently high maternal mortality ratio in sub-Saharan Africa compared to global trends.
Emphasizes urgent need for context-specific strategies in LMIC obstetric anaesthesia; leaves open questions on optimal workforce and practice models.
Maternal and neonatal outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain poor, despite gradual improvement. The global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has declined from 339 to 223 deaths per 100,000 live births during the period 2000 to 2020, an annual reduction of 2.1% per year.1 However, the MMR in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 was 545 (from 807 in 2000), with a lifetime risk of maternal death of 1 in 40 (compared to 1 in 16,000 in Australia and New Zealand). In 2020, sub-Saharan Africa still accounted for 70% of the global mortality.
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Bishop et al. (2023) conducted a review in Maternal mortality. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 70% of global maternal mortality in 2020, with a maternal mortality ratio of 545 deaths per 100,000 live births.
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