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World Maternal Mortality Performance Index
Public Health & Epidemiology
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Global maternal mortality rates provide a historical lens into the fight against maternal deaths over more than two and a half centuries. By tracking deaths per 100,000 live births from the mid-18th century to the modern era, these records offer deep insights into the long-term effectiveness of medical interventions and public health policies across various nations. The data allows for the identification of historical progress and the remaining challenges in maternal care, facilitating a better understanding of how healthcare advancements have influenced survival rates for mothers worldwide.
Columns
- Entity: The name of the specific country or geographic region.
- Code: The three-letter international code identifying the country or region (e.g., SWE for Sweden).
- Year: The calendar year for the recorded data point, ranging from 1751 to 2020.
- Maternal mortality ratio: The number of maternal deaths recorded for every 100,000 live births.
Distribution
The information is delivered in a CSV file titled
maternal-mortality.csv with a total file size of 259.13 kB. It consists of 9,264 valid records structured across 4 columns. The data exhibits high integrity with a 100% validity rate for the Entity, Year, and Mortality Ratio fields, and no mismatched entries reported. No further updates to this collection are expected.Usage
This resource is ideal for performing time series analysis on global health trends and evaluating the historical impact of healthcare policies. It is well-suited for building predictive models for maternal health outcomes or creating visualisations that illustrate how mortality ratios have shifted over centuries. Additionally, researchers can use the consistent methodology to perform cross-country comparisons and benchmark modern health performance against historical data.
Coverage
The geographic scope is global, covering 200 unique entities including nations like Sweden and Finland. Temporally, the collection spans a vast period from 1751 to 2020, providing annual estimates that allow for longitudinal study. While the record count increases significantly in the modern era, the inclusion of 18th and 19th-century data offers a rare look at early maternal health metrics.
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CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Public health researchers can leverage these records to study the evolution of maternal care and identify successful intervention patterns. Policymakers may utilise the long-term trends to inform future health strategies based on historical successes. Furthermore, data scientists and students specialising in social sciences can find this a valuable primary source for statistical analysis and training machine learning models on health-related time series.
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