Country

Year

Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

Estimated number of maternal deaths, 1990

Lifetime risk of maternal death, 1990

Australia

1994

7.0*

25

1 in 4,900

Canada

1994

3.6

25

1 in 7,700

Denmark

1993

7.4

5

1 in 5,800

France

1994

11.7

110

1 in 3,100

Germany

1994

5.2

190

1 in 2,700

Greece

1994

1.9

10

1 in 5,600

Hong Kong

1994

11.2

5

1 in 9,200

Ireland

1992

5.9

5

1 in 3,800

Israel

1994

5.2

5

1 in 4,000

Italy

1994

12.4

65

1 in 5,300

Japan

1994

6.1

230

1 in 2,900

Netherlands

1994

6.1

25

1 in 4,300

New Zealand

1993

20.4

15

1 in 1,600

Norway

1993

3.4

5

1 in 7,300

Singapore

1994

6.1

5

1 in 4,900

Spain

1993

6.2

30

1 in 9,200

Sweden

1993

5.1

10

1 in 6,000

Switzerland

1994

3.6

5

1 in 8,700

UK

1992

6.7

70

1 in 5,100

USA

1993

7.5

480

1 in 3,500

Asia

323,000

I in 65

North America

500

1 in 3,700

Europe

3,200

1 in 1,400

Oceania

1,400

1 in 26

World

585,000

1 in 60