Understanding Methods for Estimating HIV-Associated Maternal Mortality

Table 1

HIV-associated maternal deaths by region, 2008, by model.

MDG region	Number of HIV-associated maternal deaths		Proportion of all maternal deaths
	Interagency	IHME	Interagency	IHME
World total	21,000	61,436	5.8%	17.9%
Developed regions	90	45	5.6%	3.4%
CIS countries	70	35	4.7%	2.6%
Developing regions	21,000	61,356	5.8%	18.0%
Africa	18,000	56,446	8.9%	31.5%
Northern Africa	10	28	0.3%	1.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa	18,000	56,418	9.0%	31.9%
Asia	1,700	4,358	1.2%	2.9%
Eastern Asia	80	42	1.0%	0.5%
South Asia	1,300	3,632	1.2%	3.0%
South-Eastern Asia	310	682	1.7%	3.9%
Western Asia	—	2	0.0%	0.0%
Latin America and the Caribbean	480	510	5.2%	6.4%
Oceania	10	42	1.1%	5.8%