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Table 4 Maternal mortality rate in selected countries

From: The development and reform of public health in China from 1949 to 2019

Country

Income level

Annual reduction 2009–2015

ranking

Absolute value in 2015(1/100,000)

ranking

Kazakhstan

upper middle-income country

10.74%

1

12

43

Turkey

upper middle-income country

8.29%

2

16

51

East Timor

lower middle-income country

7.80%

3

215

134

Laos

lower middle-income country

7.57%

4

197

132

Ethiopia

low income country

7.57%

5

353

149

China

upper middle-income country

5.52%

17

27

66

ROK

high-income country

4.97%

24

11

39

India

lower middle-income country

4.19%

43

174

128

Japan

high-income country

2.78%

79

5

11

Germany

high-income country

2.38%

98

6

16

U.K.

high-income country

1.67%

129

9

30

U.S.

high-income country

1.11%

146

14

46

world average

–

2.66%

–

216

–

high-income countries

–

1.52%

–

10

–

upper middle-income countries

–

3.88%

–

41

–

middle-income countries

–

2.61%

–

180

–

lower middle-income countries

–

2.57%

–

254

–

low-income countries

–

3.49%

–

496

–

  1. Source: WDI The World Bank Databank(2015)