The Lancet: Commonest cause of maternal death is post-partum haemorrhage - one woman dies every 7 minutes

99% of all deaths in childbirth are in the least developed countries - 45 million women deliver without a skilled birth attendant every year, a situation in which the greatest number of maternal deaths occur.

The commonest single cause of maternal death is from post-partum haemorrhage, from which one woman dies every 7 minutes.


Health Technologies to Save Mothers. PATH.org video.

References:
Maternal mortality: one death every 7 min. The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9728, Pages 1762 - 1763, 22 May 2010.