Determinants of Maternal Mortality
Be sure to complete the entire worksheet (Parts 1-4).
Maternal Mortality Ratio:
Go to the World Health Organization website link, "Cause-Specific Mortality and Morbidity: Maternal Mortality Ratio Data by Country," listed in this week's Learning Resources.
Select five different countries, representing different geographical regions.
Download data of these countries (or write them up in an Excel sheet).
Draw a time series chart of maternal mortality ratios of these countries.
Refer to the "Time Series Chart Example" document in this week's Learning Resources.
What are your main observations regarding this chart ?
There are two distinct aspects perceived from this chart. For starters, the maternal mortality ratio is greater for low income countries and middle income countries. This is regardless of the fact that the statistics indicated are declining as the years progress. Between the five nations, India indicated the highest decline through the years, followed by Myanmar. Kenya indicated a moderate rate of decline. On the other hand, the maternal mortality ratio was considerably low and indicated stability in the high income nations of France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Part 2: Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5):
Go to the World Health Organization's website link, "Millennium Development...
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