Explanation / codes for file NewMMR

Column B: LTR = Life time risk (the probability that a woman will die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth over her lifetime expressed in terms of odds; it takes into account both the maternal mortality ratio and the total fertility rate).

Column C: Code LTR:  Coding for LTR

Column D:  MMR = Maternal mortality ratio

Column E.  Progress to MDGs   Progress towards MDGs (1990 – 2013)

Column F.  Progress code

Data Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and World Bank (2010).
Trends in Maternal mortality 1990-2008.