Maternal Death by causes and geography: Postpartum Hemorrhage is the top cause

Haemorrhage is #1 cause for maternal death

Geographical split of maternal death

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for almost 50% of maternal deaths (http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000294)

Here are the top 10 countries where mothers are most at risk, only Afghanistan is outside of Africa.

USA appears green…

Yet in reality it has areas of improvement

US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

especially since situation has been worsening (via https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21657819-death-childbirth-unusually-common-america-exceptionally-deadly )

Unsurprisingly regional differences in US are huge

Even more when focusing on Non-Hispanic Black Women