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maternal mortality  

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  • Historically, a woman's death during childbirth was no surprise, but in the developed world of the 21st century, it is a rare event. Childbirth still can be a dangerous time for women, however, particularly poor women; approximately 358,000 women died, about 1,000 a day, in 2008. [Source: The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Maternal Mortality]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VXCL936X-6

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