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Table 3 Estimated relative reductions of MMR by 2030 in four scenarios by region among 126 LMICs

From: Impact of health intervention coverage on reducing maternal mortality in 126 low- and middle-income countries: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study

 

Scenario 0 (No scale-up)

Scenario 1 (Modest scale-up)

Scenario 2 (Substantial scale-up)

Scenario 3 (Universal coverage)

MMR

MMR (80%UI)

Reduction (%)

MMR (80%UI)

Reduction (%)

MMR (80%UI)

Reduction (%)

Worldwide

200

172.05 (117.62, 262.87)

13.81

139.84 (95.60, 213.52)

27.39

98.59 (67.82, 149.68)

42.53

 Low-income countries

456

396.89 (263.17, 616.66)

13.39

318.66 (211.11, 495.22)

30.52

198.08 (132.46, 305.06)

55.04

 Lower middle-income countries

202

170.89 (119.38, 258.71)

15.18

137.51 (96.00, 208.05)

30.78

103.07 (71.67, 156.14)

46.16

 Upper middle-income countries

65

56.29 (40.17, 83.05)

12.65

49.19 (35.13, 72.50)

22.37

42.39 (30.34, 62.42)

32.40

African Region

398

343.87 (238.22, 517.01)

13.72

277.84 (192.41, 417.64)

29.75

190.58 (132.47, 285.23)

48.83

 Low-income countries

501

435.59 (296.28, 660.19)

13.71

349.59 (237.78, 529.75)

31.02

218.10 (149.57, 327.60)

55.26

 Lower middle-income countries

376

321.23 (229.23, 474.33)

14.26

259.56 (185.02, 383.11)

30.62

194.31 (137.84, 287.10)

47.18

 Upper middle-income countries

161

140.05 (95.45, 217.66)

12.39

119.85 (81.77, 186.09)

23.91

102.36 (69.84, 159.37)

34.70

Region of the Americas

87

74.54 (56.31, 101.87)

12.64

63.09 (47.90, 85.57)

23.56

49.83 (38.33, 66.37)

36.84

 Lower middle-income countries

165

136.88 (94.04, 211.54)

16.62

103.60 (71.29, 159.65)

33.91

64.47 (44.55, 98.61)

53.18

 Upper middle-income countries

69

60.69 (47.93, 77.50)

11.76

54.09 (42.70, 69.11)

21.26

46.58 (36.95, 59.20)

33.20

South-East Asia Region

113

93.89 (66.21, 143.41)

15.37

76.37 (53.83, 116.58)

29.73

60.20 (42.75, 90.98)

43.76

 Low-income countries

107

91.37 (39.28, 212.63)

14.61

75.36 (32.40, 175.37)

29.57

48.15 (20.70, 112.05)

55.00

 Lower middle-income countries

125

104.61 (77.04, 150.41)

15.41

85.09 (62.63, 122.31)

30.51

67.13 (49.42, 96.55)

45.65

 Upper middle-income countries

86

69.73 (49.91, 104.01)

15.54

56.36 (40.44, 83.61)

27.96

48.04 (34.53, 70.94)

35.60

European Region

17

15.22 (10.50, 22.52)

13.39

13.53 (9.35, 20.00)

22.90

12.03 (8.34, 17.80)

30.03

 Lower middle-income countries

32

27.73 (19.78, 40.19)

14.66

23.05 (16.53, 33.25)

29.79

19.60 (14.06, 28.24)

40.90

 Upper middle-income countries

14

12.54 (8.51, 18.73)

13.11

11.49 (7.82, 17.16)

21.43

10.41 (7.11, 15.56)

27.70

Eastern Mediterranean Region

156

136.55 (79.67, 237.52)

11.48

111.48 (64.73, 194.35)

24.59

74.46 (43.73, 129.14)

42.48

 Low-income countries

345

303.23 (175.51, 523.34)

11.88

243.57 (140.18, 421.07)

28.69

147.96 (86.41, 253.51)

54.18

 Lower middle-income countries

75

64.55 (39.05, 112.18)

11.79

54.12 (32.63, 94.26)

23.40

43.38 (25.97, 75.98)

37.20

 Upper middle-income countries

57

50.78 (28.23, 95.40)

9.97

44.32 (24.60, 83.40)

20.93

34.86 (19.97, 63.60)

37.08

Western Pacific Region

89

72.50 (45.32, 123.61)

17.59

58.35 (36.44, 99.68)

32.26

46.15 (28.58, 79.64)

45.33

 Lower middle-income countries

109

88.28 (55.57, 148.06)

18.98

69.13 (43.56, 115.80)

36.19

52.21 (32.85, 87.65)

50.62

 Upper middle-income countries

49

40.94 (24.81, 74.69)

14.81

36.80 (22.19, 67.44)

24.38

34.03 (20.02, 63.61)

34.74

  1. Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as maternal deaths per 100,000 live births for women of reproductive age (15–49 years). All estimates' uncertainty intervals (UI) refer to the 80% uncertainty intervals (10th and 90th percentiles of the posterior distributions). No scale-up (Scenario 0), we assumed that coverage of every health intervention change from baseline. Modest scale-up (Scenario 1): we assumed that coverage of every health intervention increased by 2% per year to a maximum of 100%. Substantial scale-up (Scenario 2): we assumed that coverage of every health intervention increased by 5% per year up to a maximum of 100%. Universal coverage (Scenario 3): we assumed that coverage of every health intervention would reach 95% by 2030