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Table 1 Provincial number of maternal deaths, MMR, annualized rates of change in MMR and percent MMR reduction between 1990 and 2017, and ratio of observed to expected maternal deaths

From: The trends of maternal mortality ratios and cause pattern in 34 Chinese provinces, 1990–2017

Province

Number of maternal deaths

MMR

Annualized rate of change in MMR 1990–2017(%)

MMR reduction between 1990 and 2017 (%)

Observed/expected maternal deaths based on SDI

 

1990

2005

2017

1990

2005

2017

  

1990

2005

2017

China overall

22,615.2

5783.4

2240.5

95.2

39.7

13.6

-7.0

85.7

0.27

0.25

0.29

Anhui

1366.9

244.3

85.0

92.2

28.7

10.0

-8.21

89.2

0.19

0.10

0.11

Beijing

112.8

41.9

22.8

66.8

25.5

8.9

-7.46

86.7

0.83

0.70

0.61

Chongqing

319.6

136.8

30.0

83.9

32.9

8.8

-8.37

89.5

0.19

0.15

0.14

Fujian

443.6

109.8

38.8

58.3

18.0

6.5

-8.13

88.9

0.16

0.13

0.17

Gansu

884.7

260.8

89.9

138.5

69.0

23.0

-6.65

83.4

0.28

0.21

0.20

Guangdong

897.8

396.1

164.3

61.6

24.1

9.6

-6.88

84.4

0.24

0.32

0.41

Guangxi

1314.3

210.9

91.5

178.7

51.0

14.7

-9.25

91.8

0.38

0.23

0.26

Guizhou

1765.1

325.1

102.3

304.2

137.9

30.9

-8.47

89.8

0.35

0.17

0.14

Hainan

136.4

41.4

20.9

82.4

30.9

14.2

-6.51

82.8

0.29

0.24

0.30

Hebei

620.0

285.7

131.4

46.2

29.2

12.2

-4.94

73.6

0.12

0.21

0.30

Heilongjiang

323.5

68.7

26.3

57.5

29.7

12.3

-5.7

78.6

0.17

0.12

0.12

Henan

1377.3

469.7

202.7

79.5

57.8

16.6

-5.81

79.1

0.17

0.23

0.28

Hong Kong

9.4

9.9

6.3

13.8

16.4

10.7

-0.93

22.5

0.24

0.42

0.48

Hubei

564.7

111.5

52.6

55.8

29.6

10.2

-6.28

81.7

0.14

0.10

0.14

Hunan

1287.3

228.9

102.7

131.2

52.0

16.6

-7.65

87.3

0.26

0.18

0.22

Inner Mongolia

432.7

86.2

25.3

87.3

27.6

9.2

-8.32

89.5

0.26

0.21

0.20

Jiangsu

441.3

112.1

44.9

42.6

21.3

6.4

-7.04

85.0

0.11

0.11

0.14

Jiangxi

1444.0

199.2

66.6

147.4

27.5

9.5

-10.14

93.6

0.35

0.13

0.12

Jilin

388.1

89.9

32.3

68.9

29.9

13.4

-6.07

80.6

0.24

0.20

0.24

Liaoning

253.9

55.7

31.1

43.8

24.1

11.2

-5.05

74.4

0.17

0.14

0.19

Macao

2.5

1.0

0.8

36.7

23.7

11.9

-4.18

67.6

1.04

0.62

0.66

Ningxia

168.0

37.9

12.4

122.6

34.1

11.6

-8.72

90.5

0.31

0.16

0.15

Qinghai

271.2

91.0

36.0

206.1

97.5

40.5

-6.03

80.3

0.52

0.39

0.41

Shaanxi

307.1

183.8

94.3

39.9

40.4

18.4

-2.87

53.9

0.10

0.21

0.32

Shandong

788.3

178.5

108.8

75.1

37.3

12.8

-6.55

83.0

0.15

0.15

0.30

Shanghai

62.7

14.80

13.7

31.1

7.1

5.3

-6.59

83.0

0.30

0.17

0.26

Shanxi

922.0

192.0

80.3

137.4

43.8

16.2

-7.91

88.2

0.44

0.31

0.33

Sichuan

2914.7

529.6

129.4

116.9

54.5

13.0

-8.13

88.9

0.24

0.22

0.18

Taiwan

57.5

26.2

26.7

17.6

12.6

15.2

-0.54

13.6

0.4

0.57

1.19

Tianjin

81.9

22.0

14.1

49.0

19.2

9.7

-6.01

80.2

0.35

0.32

0.44

Tibet

205.9

106.4

58.4

323.4

158.6

82.7

-5.05

74.4

0.38

0.25

0.25

Xinjiang

785.9

382.0

169.9

208.8

105.8

41.6

-5.98

80.1

0.69

0.86

0.91

Yunnan

1276.1

491.0

126.0

128.3

63.4

18.3

-7.21

85.7

0.25

0.22

0.18

Zhejiang

445.7

69.1

29.0

45.9

10.4

4.2

-8.89

90.8

0.14

0.08

0.12

  1. MMR Maternal mortality ratio (number of maternal deaths per 100,000 livebirths), SDI Socio-demographic Index