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Afghanistan is in the top 16 countries worldwide for the highest mortality rate from abortion. [12] The healthcare system in Afghanistan is also not at a level to properly care for pregnant mothers. [10] Every two hours there is a pregnancy-related death in Afghanistan. [7] The high maternal mortality is due to lack of post procedure care.
Leading cause of death (2016) (world) The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths.
Country Rate per . 1,000 women per year Number of abortions per year Year Age range Greenland 84.7 870 2022 [7] [8]: 17–64 Vietnam 64.0 1,630,000 2019 [9]: 15–49 Madagascar
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births. [1] From Our World in Data (using World Health Organization definition): "The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period. It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of ...
Unsafe abortion is a major cause of injury and death among women worldwide. It is estimated that nearly 25 million unsafe abortions take place annually. [ 9 ] WHO estimates that at least 7.9% of maternal deaths are due to unsafe abortion, with a greater proportion occurring in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa and a lesser ...
Meanwhile, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis were the 11th leading cause of death in 2019 but had climbed to the ninth slot by 2023, with the mortality rate rising by 15% in that span of time.
The death of a 28-year-old pregnant woman from an infection has been blamed on “Trump abortion bans” by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.. Amber Nicole Thurman, from Georgia ...
The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise. Many developing countries have far higher proportions of young people, and lower proportions of older people, than some developed countries, and thus may have much higher age-specific mortality rates while having lower crude mortality rates.