Poland with one of the lowest maternal mortality rate

Maternal mortality has fallen by 44% since 1990, United Nations agencies and the World Bank Group reported on Thursday. With 3 deaths per 100,000 births, Poland belongs to a group of countries with the lowest maternal mortality rate, along with Finland, Greece and Iceland. Maternal deaths around the world dropped from about 532 000 in 1990 to an estimated 303 000 this year, according to the report, the last in a series that has looked at progress under the Millennium Development Goals. This equates to an estimated global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 216 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births, down from 385 in 1990. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman during pregnancy, childbirth or within 6 weeks after birth.